Sphinx-class aviso explained

The Sphinx class was the first type of steamer corvettes in service in the French Navy. They were motorised by French-made steam engines cloned from a low-pressure Newcomen steam engine purchased from Fawcett, in Liverpool, and made at Indret.^[1] Initially classified as "paddle corvettes", they were later reclassified as "first-class avisos".

Ships in class

• Sphinx

Builder: Rochefort

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• Ténaré

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• Euphrate

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Sources and references

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120427204409/http://dossiersmarine.free.fr/fs_av_AV4a.html
• Book: Roche, Jean-Michel . 2005 . Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 . 978-2-9525917-0-6 . 165892922 . 422 . Group Retozel-Maury Millau.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=yagbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA594 Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Volume 6