Ship Type Menu.Sail brig-avisos (10 guns)
AGILE (launched 1843)
ROSSIGNOL (launched 1843)
PANDOUR (launched 1843)
LEGER (launched 1844)
AGILE sail brig-aviso (10 guns)Displacement: | 327t |
Dimensions: | 90ft 5in wl x 27ft 7in mld x 12ft 0in mean |
Same, meters: | 27.56 x 8.40 x 3.65m |
Masts: | (1854) Main 44ft 0in x 1ft 10in; Fore 40ft 8in x 1ft 9in |
Armament: | 8-24p carr., 2-12p |
Complement: | 92 |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commiss. | Fate |
AGILE | Cherbourg | 3.8.41 | 30.3.43 | 1.5.44 | Stk. 24.12.66 |
Class. This ship and
Rossignol,
Pandour, and
Léger were ordered in 1841 following a proposal by Boucher to build a new type of brig-aviso with an armament of 24p carronades, reduced length, increased beam, and modified lines. The changes were intended to increase the stability, capacity, and speed of the ships. Boucher completed the plans for
Agile in 4.41.
Disposal. Agile became a coal hulk, was renamed
Agilité 1888 and BU 1891.
ROSSIGNOL sail brig-aviso (10 guns)Displacement: | 291t |
Dimensions: | 90ft 7in wl x 27ft 7in mld x 11ft 2in mean |
Same, meters: | 27.60 x 8.40 x 3.40m |
Masts: | As Agile |
Armament: | (Designed) 8-24p carr., 2-12p. (Later) 6-16cm shell |
Complement: | 92 |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commiss. | Fate |
ROSSIGNOL | Cherbourg | 3.8.41 | 4.4.43 | 1.9.45 | Stk. 3.11.59 |
Class. This ship was ordered in 1841 with
Agile in an effort to develop an improved brig-aviso design. Allix completed the plans for
Rossignol in 6.41.
PANDOUR sail brig-aviso (10 guns)Displacement: | 293 |
Dimensions: | 90ft 1in wl x 27ft 7in mld |
Same, meters: | 27.45 x 8.40m |
Masts: | As Agile |
Armament: | (Designed) 8-24p carr., 2-12p |
Complement: | 92 |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commiss. | Fate |
PANDOUR | Lorient | 11.41 | 22.11.43 | 25.4.44 | Lost 7.48 |
Class. This ship was ordered in 1841 with
Agile in an effort to develop an improved brig-aviso design. Larchevesque-Thibaut completed the plans for
Pandour in 7.41.
Disposal. Pandour left Montevideo 17.7.48 to return to France and disappeared. She was believed lost on the Rio Grande shoals off Brazil. Stk. 21.7.50.
LEGER sail brig-aviso (10 guns)Displacement: | 296t |
Dimensions: | 91ft 10in wl x 27ft 7in mld x 12ft 4in mean |
Same, meters: | 28.00 x 8.40 x 3.76m |
Masts: | As Agile |
Armament: | (Designed) 8-24p carr., 2-12p. (Later) 6-16cm shell |
Complement: | 92 |
Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commiss. | Fate |
LEGER | Lorient | 5.3.42 | 20.1.44 | 17.8.45 | Stk. 16.3.68 |
Class. This ship was ordered in 1841 with
Agile in an effort to develop an improved brig-aviso design. Guieysse completed the plans for
Rossignol in 6.41.
Disposal. Léger became a storage hulk and was BU 1875.
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