French ship Jean Bart (1852)

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The Jean Bart, drawing by Louis Le Breton
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
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

Indret steam engine, 1800 HP
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.