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
France
NamesakeJean Bart
BuilderLorient
Laid down1827
Launched15 February 1854
FateScrapped 1897
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

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.

Citations

edit
  1. ^ Roche, vol.1, p.373

References

edit
  • 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.
  • Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Jean Bart, netmarine.net