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French ship Jean Bart (1852)

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The Jean Bart, drawing by Louis Le Breton
History
France
NamesakeJean Bart
BuilderLorient
Laid down26 January 1849
Launched14 September 1852
FateScrapped 1886
General characteristics
Class and typeSuffren class ship of the line
Displacement4 070 tonnes
Length60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion3114 m² of sails
Complement810 to 846 men
Armament
  • 1824-1839:
  • 30 × 30-pounders on lower deck
  • 32 × 30-pounders on middle deck
  • 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks
  • 1839-1840
  • 26 × 30-pounders and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck
  • 32 × 30-pounders on middle deck
  • 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks
Armour6.97 cm of timber

The Jean Bart was a 90-gun Suffren class ship of the line of the French Navy, named in honour of Jean Bart.

She took part in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) and the Battle of Kinburn (1855).

In 1856, she was fitted with a steam engine. From 1864, she was used as a training ship. She was renamed to Donawerth in September 1868, and was finally scrapped as Cyclope in 1886.

References

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  • Jones, Colin (1996). "Entente Cordiale, 1865". In McLean, David & Preston, Antony (eds.). Warship 1996. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-685-X.
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.