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HMS St Jean D'Acre
HMS ''St Jean d'Acre'' was the Royal Navy's first 101 gun screw two-decker ship of the line, line-of-battle ship. She served in the Crimean War. Construction The ''St Jean d'Acre'' was a Surveyor's Department design. The design was approved on 15 February 1851, and she was ordered the same day. Her keel was laid down at Devonport Dockyard in June 1851, and she was launched on 23 March 1853. Her construction used materials collected for a 90 gun HMS Albion (1842), ''Albion'' class sailing two-decker line-of-battle ship to be called ''St Jean d'Acre'', which was ordered in 1844, but never laid down, and suspended in 1845. Her design was a stretched version of the HMS James Watt, ''James Watt'' 91 screw two-decker. She was a successful experiment. In service she was very highly regarded. The HMS Conqueror (1855), ''Conqueror'' was designed as a slightly elongated ''St Jean d'Acre'', and was laid down on the same slip at Devonport on 25 July 1853. Service ''St Jean d'Acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Watt Class Ship Of The Line
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