French ship Donawerth (1854)
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 The Jean Bart, sister-ship of Donawerth. Drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Donawerth |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 27 July 1827 |
| Launched | 15 February 1854 |
| Completed | July 1854 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1854 |
| Out of service | Ship reclassified= |
| Renamed | From Alexandre, 23 November 1839 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1897 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Donawerth-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4,231 tonnes |
| Length | 60.5 m (198 ft 6 in) (gun deck) |
| Beam | 16.28 m (53 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)= |
| Depth | 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 1,175 ihp (1,191 PS; 876 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × shaft; 1 × Horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Complement | 814 |
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Donawerth was the lead ship of her class of steam-powered, third-rate, 80 gun ships of the line built for the French Navy during the 1850s. She had been laid down as a Suffren-class sailing ship of the line, but remained on the stocks until she was chosen for conversion to steam power in 1854. The ship played a minor role in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. Donaworth exchanged names with Jean Bart in 1868, and subsequently served as a training ship.
Donawerth had a length of 60.5 metres (198 ft 6 in) at the gun deck a beam of 16.28 metres (53 ft 5 in) and a depth of hold of 8.05 metres (26 ft 5 in). The ship displaced 4,231 tonnes and had a mean draught of 7.4 metres (24 ft 3 in). Her crew numbered 814 officers and ratings. She was powered by a horizontal-return connecting rod-steam engine that drove the single propeller shaft. The engine, built by Mazeline, was rated at 450 nominal horsepower and produced 1,175 indicated horsepower (1,191 PS; 876 kW). Donawerth had a speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) under steam. She was fitted with three masts and ship rigged like the 80-gun sailing ships of the line in service.[1]
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of Donawerth consisted of sixteen 36-pounder long guns and fourteen 22 cm (8.7 in) Paixhans guns on the lower gun deck. On the upper gundeck were twenty-four 30-pound short guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of two 16 cm (6.3 in) rifled guns and eighteen 30-pounder carronades.[1]