French ship Donawerth (1854)
The Donawerth was a 90-gun Suffren class ship of the line of the French Navy.
 The Jean Bart, sister-ship of Donawerth. Drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
| History | |
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| Namesake: | Jean Bart |
| Builder: | Lorient |
| Laid down: | 1827 |
| Launched: | 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 |
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.
Sources and references
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
- Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Jean Bart, netmarine.net
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References
- Roche, vol.1, p.373
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