French ship Jupiter (1831)
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''Jupiter'' was an 80-gun of the
French Navy The French Navy (french: Marine nationale, lit=National Navy), informally , is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the five military service branches of France. It is among the largest and most powerful naval forces in t ...
, designed by Sané. In 1836, she ferried Admiral de Markau from Brest to Fort de France to replace Admiral Halgan as governor in the Caribbean. In 1837, she ferried troops to Algeria. She took part in the naval parade of 6 September 1850 in Cherbourg, and in the Crimean War. Struck in 1863, she was used as a barracks hulk in Rochefort from 1870.


References

* Jean-Michel Roche, ''Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours'', tome I {{DEFAULTSORT:Jupiter (1831) Ships of the line of the French Navy Ships built in France Bucentaure-class ships of the line 1831 ships