Seagoing Torpedo Boats, 1882-1897: Photo Gallery

Balny (Seagoing torpedo boat). Designed and built by Normand along with two others of a class of nine. Completed at Le Havre in 1886. (Source: p.cartorum.fr/recto/maxi/000/518/480-torpilleur-balny-ships.jpg)

Dehorter (Seagoing torpedo boat) as yacht Nina d'Asty III. Dehorter was one of three boats built to Normand's design by Claparède at St-Denis (Paris), all three had difficult trials. (Source: forum.pages14-18.com)

Ouragan (Seagoing torpedo boat). A single boat designed and built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes. An order for four more soon followed. (Source: Postcard, A. Bougault)

Coureur (Seagoing torpedo boat). Designed and built by Thornycroft at Chiswick in the U.K. as a replica of Ariete and El Rayo which they had just built for Spain. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Coureur (Seagoing torpedo boat). The forward funnel is offset to port from the centerline. There are two torpedo tubes in the bow. (Source: Postcard, ND. Phot.)

Audacieux (Seagoing torpedo boat) at Toulon soon after completion, in a photographed received by the U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence on 7 December 1892. She and Agile were designed and built by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne. (Source: NHHC NH 88783)

Défi (Seagoing torpedo boat). One of four additional boats of the Ouragan class designed and built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Défi (Seagoing torpedo boat) in the Défense Mobile at Boulogne-sur-Mer. (Source: Postcard, B.L. 53)

Alarme (Seagoing torpedo boat) at Tréport. (Source: Postcard, LL.)

Dragon (Seagoing torpedo boat) at Villefranche with Kabyle in the left distance. Photo by G.J. Phot. See the torpedo aviso Leger for a similar photo at the same location. (Source: NHHC NH 88791)

Lancier (Seagoing torpedo boat). She and sisters Dragon and Grenadier were modifications of the Avant-Garde type designed and built by Normand at Le Havre. (Source: Postcard, J. Puel, phot.)

Turco (Seagoing torpedo boat), profile and layout of armament. She and Zouave were built by the Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes to plans by Normand. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Kabyle (Seagoing torpedo boat) in the Vieux-Port at Marseilles. She and sisters Éclair and Orage were replicas of the Agile type designed and built by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at La Seyne. Two men are sitting on the after torpedo tube. (Source: Contemporary colorized postcard, Aqua-Photo, L.V. & Cie.)

Tourbillon (Seagoing torpedo boat). She and Sarrazin were built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Gironde at Bordeaux to plans adapted by them from Normand's plans for the Agile type. Like Agile they had a single funnel. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Véloce (Seagoing torpedo boat). She and Grondeur were replicas of Thornycroft's Coureur and were built by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at Graville near Le Havre. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Grondeur (Seagoing torpedo boat) on the Charente in 1892. (Source: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 7.8.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_483)

Grondeur (Seagoing torpedo boat). She appears to have been reboilered with new stacks. (Source: Postcard, L.C.)

Corsaire (Seagoing torpedo boat). One of three "très rapides," she was designed for 25.5 knots by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire and was built by them at the former Claparède yard at St-Denis (Paris). She reached 24.2 knots on her best measured mile. (Source: NHHC NH 88800)

Mousquetaire (Seagoing torpedo boat). A "très rapide" designed for 24.5 knots which she reached on trials and built by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at Graville. (Source: NHHC NH 88801)

Chevalier (Seagoing torpedo boat). A "très rapide" designed for 24.5 knots and built by Normand at Le Havre. She reached 27.22 knots on trials. (Source: NHHC NH 88799)

Chevalier (Seagoing torpedo boat). Normand's "très rapide" at Toulon. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Lansquenet (Seagoing torpedo boat) alongside Tempête at Brest. Designed and built by Oriolle at Nantes, she was accepted in 1898 for 22 knots in place of the guaranteed 26 knots. She was disposed of in 1900 after striking the jetty at Dunkirk. (Source: NH NHHC 88818)

Flibustier (Seagoing torpedo boat). Another modified Avant-Garde type (see Dragon), she and her sister Ariel were designed and built by Normand. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Argonaute (Seagoing torpedo boat). She and her sister Argonaute were designed and built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes to plans derived from those of Avant-Garde. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Dauphin (Seagoing torpedo boat). She and Averne were built by the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée at Graville to a design strongly influenced by Normand's Dragon. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Aquilon (Seagoing torpedo boat). Identical to the Ariel type except for different boilers, she was designed and built by Normand, Le Havre. (Source: NHHC NH 64372)

Forban (Seagoing torpedo boat). A high speed (30-knot) modification of the Ariel type designed and built by Normand at Le Havre. (Source: Feuille signalétique, Archives Marine BB4-2028)

Forban (Seagoing torpedo boat) alongside at Rochefort in 1896. She made just over 31 knots on trials. (Source: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 8.11.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_399)

Mangini (Seagoing torpedo boat). An improved Argonaute type designed and built by the Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire at Nantes. (Source: Postcard)

Cyclone (Seagoing torpedo boat). An improved Forban type designed and built by Normand at Le Havre. (Source: NHHC NH 55639)

Cyclone (Seagoing torpedo boat) with Forban and Flibustier med-moored at Golfe Juan near Cannes. (Source: Postcard, P.L.M., edit., Cannes)