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An ''aviso'' was originally a kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication.
The term, derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word for "advice", "notice" or "warning", an ''aviso'', was later adopted by the
article by her second-in-command in 1982
An ''aviso'' was originally a kind of dispatch boat or "advice boat", carrying orders before the development of effective remote communication.
The term, derived from the Portuguese and Spanish word for "advice", "notice" or "warning", an ''aviso'', was later adopted by the French
French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
and Portuguese navies to classify their medium-sized warships designed for colonial
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* Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology)
Architecture
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* Spanish Colonial architecture
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* Colonial (1920 a ...
service. The term continued to be used in the French Navy to classify the patrol frigates until 2012, when the remaining ships of the class were reclassified as offshore patrol ships. It is equivalent to the modern use of "sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
" in other countries.
Description
The ''Dictionnaire de la Marine Française 1788–1792'' (by Nicolas-Charles Romme) describes ''avisos'' as "small boats designed to carry orders or dispatches". This use became obsolete with the development of means of communicating detailed information at a distance. French ''avisos'' used during World War I and World War II had displacements of 300–700 tons, speeds of , main armaments usually of two guns, four guns, or two guns. Colonial ''avisos'', such as the , intended for overseas service, were larger. The Portuguese Navy used ''avisos'' to operate in the waters of the Portuguese Empire. The Portuguese built the first-rate class of 1,780 tons and the second-rate ( and ''Pedro Nunes'' classes of 950 to 1,090 tons). In some navies the term is now used to include combat-capable ships larger than patrol boats, but smaller thancorvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
s. They typically have roles in anti-submarine warfare and coastal defence. In NATO classification they usually are recognized as corvettes.
The Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the ...
has several ships classified as ''avisos''. , an 800-ton vessel used for non-combat tasks, built as a United States Navy fleet tug, was attacked and damaged during the 1982 Falklands War
The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...
."Aviso ARA 'Alférez Sobral' en combate"article by her second-in-command in 1982
See also
* , and – U.S. Navy gunboats similar to colonial sloops * s – Dutch colonial sloops officially rated as "''Kanonneerboot''" (gunboats) * – improved ''Flores''-class gunboatReferences
External links
* {{Warship types of the 19th & 20th centuries Avisos