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Suffren class ship of the line

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Name
  
Suffren

Operators
  
French Navy

Completed
  
14

Builders
  
Toulon, Brest

Succeeded by
  
Hercule class

Suffren-class ship of the line

Preceded by
  
Bucentaure class ship of the line

The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.

The design was selected on 30 January 1824 by the Commission de Paris, an appointed Commission comprising Jean-Marguerite Tupinier, Jacques-Noël Sané, Pierre Rolland, Pierre Lair and Jean Lamorinière. Intended as successors of the 80-gun Bucentaure class and as the third of four ranks of ships of the line, they introduced the innovation of having straight walls, instead of the tumblehome design that had prevailed until then; this tended to heighten the ships' centre of gravity, but provided much more room for equipment in the upper decks. Stability issues were fixed with underwater stabilisers.

Only the first two, Suffren and Inflexible, retain the original design all through their career; the others were converted to steam and sail during their construction.

Units

Fourteen ships were ordered to this design, of which twelve were modified as steam-driven vessels.

  • Suffren
    • Builder: CherbourgBegun: August 1824Launched: 27 August 1829Completed: March 1831Fate: Deleted February 1861, renamed Ajax in April 1865, and taken to pieces 1874-76.
  • Inflexible
    • Builder: RochefortBegun: August 1827Launched: 21 November 1839Completed: August 1840Fate: Condemned August 1875.
  • Bayard
    • Builder: LorientBegun: July 1823Launched: 28 August 1847Completed: August 1849Fate: Renamed Triton in August 1876
  • Duguesclin
    • Builder: RochefortBegun: March 1823Launched: 3 May 1848Completed: August 1848Fate: Wrecked 14 December 1859; refloated and taken to pieces in June 1860
  • Breslaw
    • Builder: BrestBegun: May 1827Launched: 31 July 1848Completed: 1849Fate: Deleted in May 1871, renamed Breslau 1881 and taken to pieces 1886-87.
  • Charlemagne
    • Builder: ToulonBegun: April 1834Launched: 16 January 1851Completed: December 1851 (as steam screw ship)Fate: Condemned in February 1882. Taken to pieces 1884
  • Jean Bart
    • Builder: LorientBegun: 28 January 1849Launched: 14 September 1852Completed: April 1853 (as steam screw ship)Fate: Renamed Donawerth in August 1868; sold or broken up in 1869
  • Donawerth
    • Builder: LorientBegun:Launched: 15 February 1854Completed:Fate:
  • Tilsitt
    • Builder: CherbourgBegun:Launched: 30 March 1854Completed:Fate:
  • Saint Louis
    • Builder: BrestBegun:Launched: 25 April 1854Completed:Fate:
  • Alexandre
    • Builder: RochefortBegun:Launched: 27 March 1857Completed:Fate:
  • Fontenoy
    • Builder: ToulonBegun:Launched: 2 December 1858Completed:Fate:
  • Masséna
    • Builder: ToulonBegun:Launched: 15 March 1860Completed:Fate:
  • Castiglione
    • Builder: ToulonBegun:Launched: 14 July 1860Completed:Fate:

    References

    Suffren-class ship of the line Wikipedia
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