Fate scrapped Beam 16.28 m (53.4 ft) Launched 1854 Weight 4,070 tons | Laid down 1827 Displacement 4 070 tonnes Construction started 1827 Length 60 m Draft 7.4 m | |
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Class and type Suffren class ship of the line | ||
The Donawerth was a 90-gun Suffren class ship of the line of the French Navy.
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.
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.
References
French ship Donawerth (1854) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA