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Suffren Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns90
Approved1824/01/30
Designer
Jacques-Noël SanéFrench
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Administrator
Service 1758-1836
RateSecond Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew811
Ships in Class8

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 1,408.00 French Livre (1,519.51 lbs 689.22 kg)FWAS1786
Lower Gun Deck4 x French 22cm Paixhans
Lower Gun Deck26 x French 30-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck32 x French 30-Pounder
Spardeck24 x French 30-Pounder
Spardeck4 x French 16cm Paixhans

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     60.50 16.288.05 
Le Suffren (90) 1829-1874
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1865 Renamed "Ajax"
UnknownCherbourg - Normandy 27.8.18291874Broken Up60.50 16.288.05 
L'Inflexible (90) 1839-1876
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownRochefort Dockyard - Rochefort 21.11.18391876Broken Up60.50 16.288.05 
Le Bayard (90) 1847-1858
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 28.8.18471858Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 
Le Duguesclin (90) 1848-1858
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownRochefort Dockyard - Rochefort 3.5.18481858Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 
Le Breslaw (90) 1848-1856
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownBrest Dockyard - Brest 31.7.18481856Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 
Le Donawerth (90) 1854-1857
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
1868 Renamed "Jean Bart"
1886 Renamed "Cyclope"
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 15.2.18541857Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 
Le Tilsitt (90) 1854-1856
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
20.8.1831Cherbourg - Normandy 30.3.18541856Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 
Le Saint Louis (90) 1854-1857
French 90 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownBrest Dockyard - Brest 25.4.18541857Converted to Steam60.50 16.288.05 

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