The Jean Bart, sister-ship of Donawerth. Drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
History | |
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France | |
Namesake | Jean Bart |
Builder | Lorient |
Laid down | 1827 |
Launched | 15 February 1854 |
Fate | Scrapped 1897 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Suffren class ship of the line |
Displacement | 4 070 tonnes |
Length | 60.50 m (198.5 ft) |
Beam | 16.28 m (53.4 ft) |
Draught | 7.40 m (24.3 ft) |
Propulsion | 3114 m² of sails |
Complement | 810 to 846 men |
Armament |
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Armour | 6.97 cm of timber |
The Donawerth was a 90-gun Suffren class ship of the line of the French Navy.
Her keel was laid in Lorient in 1827. She stayed abandoned in an unbuilt state for several years before being completed as a steam ship. She was eventually launched on 15 February 1854.
She took part in the Crimean War as a transport.
In 1860, she served off Beirut with Redoutable. [1]
In 1868, she was renamed to Jean Bart, and used as a school ship.
She was again renamed to Cyclope in 1886, and eventually broken up in 1897.
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