French aviso Bouvet (1865)

1/25th scale model of the steam aviso Bouvet, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
NameBouvet
NamesakeFrançois Joseph Bouvet.
BuilderRochefort
Laid down2 October 1863
Launched24 May 1865
FateWrecked on 17 September 1871 off Île-à-Vache
General characteristics
Class and typeBouvet class aviso
Displacement760 tonnes
Length55.75 m (182.9 ft)
Beam8.5 m (28 ft)
Propulsion700 shp (520 kW)
Complement85
Armament
  • 1 × 16cm gun
  • 2 × 12cm gun

Bouvet was a sail and steam aviso of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She is remembered as the opponent of the German gunboat SMS Meteor during the Battle of Havana in 1870, at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.


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