3rd Class Cruisers: Photo Gallery
In fleet lists as Avisos de 1re classe 1859, to Croiseurs de 3e classe 1874, Avisos d’escadre 1880, Éclaireurs d’escadre 1881,Croiseurs de 3e classe 1885, Croiseurs de station de 3e classe 1891, and Croiseurs de 3e classe 1892.
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1861-1868
Class: Talisman (on list 1861)
Talisman (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: Faceboook by Andrey Myatishkin on 6.3.2023 and and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_857)
Class: Hamelin (1865)
Limier (3rd class cruiser, wood hull) probably photographed at Algiers during the mid-1880s. The pivot gun on the forecastle is a 138.6mm breechloader. (Photo: NHHC NH 74840 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Hamelin (1865)
D'Estrées (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 22.5.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_324)
Class: Hamelin (1865)
Volta (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). The deck guns forward and aft are 138.6mm breechloaders. (Photo: NHHC NH 74842 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Bourayne (1868)
Dayot (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: Faceboook by A. Myatishkin on 23.7.2022 and Wikimedia from SHD Rochefort MR_5_G_162)
Class: Bourayne (1868)
Vaudreuil (3rd class cruiser, wood hull) at Algiers on 28 August 1885 while enroute to join the French Indian Ocean squadron. (Photo: NHHC NH 74952 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Bourayne (1868)
Hugon (3rd class cruiser, wood hull) at Algiers on 10 March 1885 while enroute to join the French Indochina squadron. (Photo: NHHC NH 74976 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Bourayne (1868)
Beautemps-Beaupré (3rd class cruiser, wood hull), probably at Algiers. (Photo: NHHC NH 74847 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Duchaffault (1868)
Duchaffault (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). She is armed with 138.6mm breechloaders. (Photo: NHHC NH 74851 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Duchaffault (1868)
Kerguelen (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: NHHC NH 74986 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Hirondelle (Begun 1868)
Hirondelle (3rd class cruiser, wood hull) probably photographed at Algiers in the 1880s. She was built as a yacht for Emperor Napoleon III and was taken over by the Navy in 1871. (Photo: NHHC NH 74845 from ONI album of French warships)
1874
Class: Rigault de Genouilly (1874)
Rigault de Genouilly class (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: Facebook ca. 2021)
Class: Rigault de Genouilly (1874)
Éclaireur (3rd class cruiser, wood hull) at Algiers on 24 July 1885 while homeward bound from participation in the Sino-French war of 1884-1885. (Photo: NHHC NH 74973 from ONI album of French warships)
Class: Rigault de Genouilly (1874)
Rigault de Genouilly (3rd class cruiser, wood hull). (Photo: Facebook by V. Yakubov on 9.7.2020)