The ''Jean Bart'' was a 90-gun ''Suffren'' class ship of the line of the

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, named in honour of

Jean Bart Jean Bart (; ; 21 October 1650 – 27 April 1702) was a French Admiral, naval commander and privateer. Early life Jean Bart was born in Dunkirk, France, Dunkirk in 1650 to a seafaring family, the son of Jean-Cornil Bart (c. 1619-1668) who has b ...

. She took part in the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) and the Battle of Kinburn (1855). In 1856, she was fitted with a

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. From 1864, she was used as a

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. She was renamed to ''Donawerth'' in September 1868, and was finally scrapped as ''Cyclope'' in 1886.

References

* * Jean-Michel Roche, ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours'', tome I {{DEFAULTSORT:Jean Bart (1852) Ships of the line of the French Navy Suffren-class ships of the line Training ships 1852 ships