Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos
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The Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos were a class of twenty-eight 1-gun dispatch or advice boats of the French Navy, all built between 1808 and 1810. Jean Baudry designed the vessels based on the draught of Villaret.[lower-alpha 1] Baudry may have been the builder on the schooners launched at Bayonne.[1]
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Class overview | |
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Name | Mouche No.2 class |
Operators | French Navy |
Planned | 28 |
Completed | 28 |
Lost | 18 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Displacement | 60–80 tons (French) |
Length |
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Beam | 5.28 m (17.3 ft) |
Complement | 12–25 men |
Armament | 1 × 4-pounder or 6-pounder gun (on a pivot amidships) + swivel guns on some schooners |
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