The Donawerth was a 90-gun Suffren class ship of the line

Suffren class ship of the line

The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.Intended as successors of the 80-gun Bucentaure class by Jean Tupinier, they introduced the innovation of having straight walls, instead of the Tumblehome design that had prevailed until then; this tended to heighten...

 of the French Navy

French Navy

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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

Crimean War

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as a transport.

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.

Sources and references

• Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
• Les bâtiments ayant porté le nom de Jean Bart, netmarine.net