page_title: Bisson-class destroyer
section_title: Ships
hierarchical_section_title: Bisson-class destroyer / Ships
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Gravure ancienne. "Attaque du Payanotti, acte héroique de Bisson". A propos du sacrifice de Hippolyte Magloire Bisson en 1827 durant la guerre d'indépendance grecque.
context_page_description: The Bisson class consisted of six destroyers built for the French Navy during the 1910s. One ship was lost during the First World War, but the others survived to be scrapped afterwards.
context_section_description: The class is named in tribute to the French Admiral Hippolyte Bisson who sacrificed himself aboard the ship Panayoti in 1827 during the Greek War of Independence.
caption: "Assault on the Panayoti. Heroic act of Bisson", circa 1838
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