French ship Jean Bart (1852)
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The Jean Bart, drawing by Louis Le Breton |
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Career (France) | |
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Namesake: | Jean Bart |
Builder: | Lorient |
Laid down: | 26 January 1849 |
Launched: | 14 September 1852 |
Fate: | scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | 80-gun ship of the line |
Displacement: | 4135 tonnes |
Propulsion: |
Sail |
Armament: | 80 guns |
The Jean Bart was a 80-gun 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 school ship. She was renamed to Donawerth in September 1868, and was finally scrapped as Cyclope in 1886.