French aviso Latouche-Tréville

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Latouche-Tréville.
The steam 2nd-class aviso Renard, similar to Latouche-Tréville
Career (France)
Name: Latouche-Tréville
Namesake: Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
General characteristics
Class and type:Steamer aviso
Displacement:695 tonnes (684 long tons)
Length:53 metres
Beam:8.32 metres
Draught:3.76 metres
Propulsion:steam engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
Complement:65 men in 1860, 88 from 1879
Armament:two 30-pounder long guns
Later four 12-pounders and 14-pounders

The Latouche-Tréville was a wodden streamer aviso of the French Navy.

Career

After her commissioning, Latouche-Tréville sailed to Tahiti, where she was part of the French naval station of the Pacific Ocean. She returned to Brest on the 27 January 1868 to be decommissioned on 23 February 1867.

She was recommissioned on the 4 October 1868, and served off Terre-Neuve until 15 October 1870, when she was again decommissioned.

On 15 April 1873, she began her third commission for service in the South Atlantic. In September 1881, she took part in operations off Tunisia.

Fate

Latouche-Tréville was eventually struck on 1 April 1886.


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