Bisson Class Sloops Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Bisson
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

1874
N/A
Fate
Stricken from naval register in 1892.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chasseur
Arsenal de Brest
Brest, France

1878
N/A
Fate
Stricken from the naval register 1894.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Dumont d'Urville
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

1878
N/A
Fate
Stricken from the naval register 1897.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

1877
N/A
Fate
Scrapped after 1897.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
La Bourdonnais
Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand
Le Havre, France

1875
N/A
Fate
Wrecked Feb. 21, 1893 at Île Sainte-Marie, Madagascar.
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Voltigeur
Arsenal de Brest
Brest, France

1878
N/A
Fate
Stricken from the naval register 1899.


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
201' (waterline)
Engines:
N/A
Beam:
28' 6"
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
14'
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
846 (935 full)
HP:
800
Speed:
12 knots
Crew:
116
Range:
N/A

Armament as built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range
4 (a)
5.5"
Single mounts
N/A
4
6 pounders
Single mounts
N/A
Armament notes:
(a):
Bisson and Dumont d'Urville 3 x 5.5" and 1 x 3.9"


Page published Nov. 19, 2018