French ship Jean Bart (1852)
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 The Jean Bart, drawing by Louis Le Breton | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Jean Bart |
| Namesake | Jean Bart |
| Ordered | 16 October 1848 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Lorient |
| Laid down | 26 January 1849 |
| Launched | 14 September 1852 |
| Completed | April 1853 |
| Commissioned | 11 April 1842 |
| Renamed | Donauwerth, 20 August 1868 |
| Stricken | 18 January 1869 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1869 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Suffren-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4070 tonnes |
| Length | 63.6 m (208 ft 8 in) (o/a) |
| Beam | 16.26 m (53 ft 4 in) |
| Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) (mean) |
| Depth | 8.05 m (26 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 1,010 ihp (1,020 PS; 750 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 × shaft; 1 × direct-acting steam engine |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 814 |
| Armament |
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Jean Bart was a third-rate Suffren-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1850s. She had been laid down as a sailing ship of the line, but remained on the stocks until she was chosen for conversion to steam power in 1850. The ship participated in the Crimean War of 1854–1855. From 1864, Jean Bart served as a training ship. She exchanged names with Donawerth in 1868, and was scrapped the following year.
Jean Bart had an overall length of 63.6 metres (208 ft 8 in), a beam of 16.26 metres (53 ft 4 in) and a depth of hold of 8.05 metres (26 ft 5 in). The ship displaced 4070 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 direct-acting steam engine that drove the single propeller shaft. The engine, built by Indret, was rated at 450 nominal horsepower and produced 1,206 indicated horsepower (1,223 PS; 899 kW). During her sea trials, Jean Bart had a speed of 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 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 Jean Bart consisted of twenty-four 30-pounder long guns and four 22 cm (8.7 in) Paixhans guns on the lower gundeck. On the upper gundeck were twenty-four 30-pound short guns and four 22 cm Paixhans guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of four 30-pounder long guns and a dozen 16 cm (6.3 in) Paixhans guns.[1]