Mouche No. 2-class schooner-avisos
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. Baudry may have been the builder on the schooners launched at Bayonne.
''Mouche No.2''
She was launched at Bayonne on 14 June 1808. She sailed from Bayonne for Isle de France (Mauritius), on 14 June, and disappeared at sea.''Mouche No.3''
She was launched at Bayonne on 5 June 1808. captured her, but there are conflicting accounts of when and where this occurred. Lloyd's List reported that on 27 August "the Mouche French National Schooner of one gun, four swivels, and 24 men, from Bayonne to the Havannah, with Dispatches, arrived at Plymouth, 27 instant, Prize to the Cossack SW." Some French records suggest that she was captured on 19 August 1808 in the Antilles. The prize money notice in the London Gazette gives the date of capture as 5 August.''Mouche No.4''
She was launched at Bayonne on 23 June 1808. In late 1808 she was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau auxiliaire Sorel, and carrying dispatches from Saint-Domingue to Pasajes, and then returning to Bayonne. She underwent refitting at Bayonne in January 1809, but a boat, under the command of Lieutenant Joseph William Bazalgette of, captured her on 27 February 1809 off the north coast of Spain. In the action, the lieutenant de vaiseau commanding Mouche No.4 was killed. The prize money notice credited Resistance and with the capture, as well as that of four other merchant vessels on the 26th and 27th. It also gave the name of Mouche No.4s commander as "Sorrel".''Mouche No.5''
She was launched at Bayonne on 25 June 1808. She was initially under the command of enseigne de vaisseau auxiliaire Gautier. French records indicate that she was destroyed on 9 March 1809 to prevent capture. Resistances crew received head money for her destruction.''Mouche No.6''
She was launched at Bayonne in June 1808. On 26 July she was at Bayonne under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Ducrest de Villeneuve, who was to sail her on a mission to Ìle de France. The Spanish seized her near Manilla on 24 May 1809. Lieutenant de vaisseau Pierre Bouvet, in Entreprenant, recovered her crew.''Mouche No.7''
She was launched at Bayonne on 8 July 1808. Under the command of enseigne de vaiseau Kernafflen, she visited Pasajes and Bilbao. On 10 June 1809,, and the Spaniards captured her at Santander, Spain.''Mouche No.8''
She was launched at Bayonne on 5 September 1808. Under the command of enseigne de vaisseau provisoire Lamouroux she sailed from Santons to Castro Urdiales, and then to Santander. The French Navy renamed her Serin on 4 June 1817, and recommissioned her on 28 June, probably for colonial service. She left Brest in August as part of an expedition whose objective was to re-establish French control over French Guiana, replacing the Portuguese. Serin was lost on 16 October in a squall as she was en route to Cayenne via Senegal.''Mouche No.9''
She was launched at Rochefort Dockyard on 10 September 1808, and her builder was Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne-Sérigny. On 9 August 1814 she was at Rochefort under the command of enseigne de vaisseau de Maillé-Brézé. She was condemned at Rochefort in March 1817 and broken up there in April.''Mouche No.10''
She was launched at Rochefort Dockyard on 10 September 1808 and her builder was Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne-Sérigny. She was condemned at Rochefort in March 1817 and broken up there in April.''Mouche No.11''
She was launched at Basse-Indre on 19 September 1808 and her builders were Mathurin & Antoine Crucy. Between 9 October and 30 November 1809, while under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Flesselles, she carried dispatches from Paimbœuf to Basse-Terre. The French Navy burned her at Guadeloupe in February 1810 to prevent the Royal Navy from capturing her during the invasion of Guadeloupe (1810). In early 1810 took part in the invasion of Guadeloupe. During the invasion, Hazard led the fleet into Anse de Barque where she saw a French schooner anchored under the batteries and on fire. Robertson and a boarding party of marines boarded the burning schooner Mouche despite fire from the shore batteries that were trying either to sink them or the schooner. By the time Robertson was able to board the schooner part of her deck had burnt away; while the boarding party was cutting away her masts the intense heat discharged all her guns. Still the boarding party was able to bring her out and to seize the French "general marine signal book", the signals of France's allies, and other important documents that she had just brought out with her from France.''Mouche No.12''
She was launched at Lorient Dockyard on 22 September 1808. Between 1814 and 1816 she was armed with one 4-pounder gun, and four 12-pounder carronades. The French Navy renamed her Rossignol on 24 March 1817 and then commissioned her on 9 April, probably for colonial service. She and her entire crew were lost on 21 October in a hurricane near Martinique.''Mouche No.13''
She was launched at Brest Dockyard on 5 November 1808. In 1808 she may initially have served as a school ship. captured her on 8 March 1809. Mouche №13 was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Detcheverry and was carrying dispatches from Brest to San Domingo when Reindeer captured her west of the Azores.''Mouche No.14''
She was launched at Boulogne ca. October 1808, and her builder was Jean-Charles Garrigues. In late 1808 she was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau Tinel. She was captured by the British at Guadeloupe on 11 August 1815.''Mouche No.15''
She was launched at Boulogne ca. October 1808, and her builder was Jean-Charles Garrigues. The French Navy renamed her Éclair in January 1818, and recommissioned her on 1 May 1818. She was rated as an aviso for colonial service. On 6 May enseigne de vaisseau Fontbonne sailed Eclair from Brest to Martinique. She was decommissioned there on 10 June 1825, and struck.''Mouche No.16''
She was launched at Dunkirk on 13 September 1808 and her builder was Louis Bretocq. On 10–11 September 1808 she was under the command of enseigne de vaisseau auxiliaire Desgardins and cruising in front of Dunkirk and Nieuport. The French Navy renamed her Colibri in March 1817, and recommissioned her on 1 May 1817, probably as an aviso for colonial service. She was in Senegal by 1818. There she joined the brig Argus and the schooner Iris in suppressing the slave trade. Colibri was decommissioned and condemned there on 1 August 1832. She was off the fleet list in 1832 and sold and BU at Senegal.''Mouche No.17''
She was launched at Flushing ca. 15 September 1808 and was also known as Goélette No.17. The French Navydecommissioned her at Antwerp on 16 February 1814 and she was struck there in May. She was probably ceded to the Netherlands in August.
''Mouche No.18''
She was launched at Flushing ca. 15 September 1808 and was also known as Goélette No.18. The French Navydecommissioned her at Antwerp on 1 March 1814 and she was struck there in May. She was probably ceded to the Netherlands in August.
''Mouche No.19''
She was launched at Flushing ca. 15 September 1808 and was also known as Goélette No.19. The French Navydecommissioned her at Antwerp on 15 February 1814 and she was struck there in May. She was probably ceded to the Netherlands in August.