NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Suffren			Arsenal de Cherbourg	21.8.1824	27.8.1829	3/1831	transport 4.1854
Bayard			Arsenal de Lorient	1.7.1823	28.8.1847	8/1849	screw 11.1860, prison ship 5.1871
Duguesclin			Arsenal de Rochefort	16.3.1823	3.5.1848	8/1848	screw 8.1859, wrecked 14.12.1859
Inflexible			Arsenal de Rochefort	18.8.1827	21.11.1839	8/1840	TS 6.1861
Breslaw (ex-Achille)			Arsenal de Brest	26.5.1827	31.7.1848	1849	sail transport 1854-1855, screw 3.1858, prison hulk 5.1871-1/1872, stricken 7.1872
Donawerth (ex-Alexandre), 9.1868- Jean Bart			Arsenal de Lorient	27.7.1827	15.2.1854	7/1854	screw 11.1857, TS 9.1868, stricken 4.1880
Fontenoy			Arsenal de Toulon	6/1827	---	---	built as screw ship since 1857
Tilsitt (ex-Diomède)			Arsenal de Cherbourg	2.3.1832	30.3.1854	6/1854	screw 10.1859, prison ship 6.1871-4/1872, stricken 7.1872
Charlemagne (ex-Hector)			Arsenal de Toulon	4/1834	---	---	built as screw ship since 1850
Masséna (ex-Sceptre)			Arsenal de Toulon	9/1835	---	---	built as screw ship since 1856
Castiglione			Arsenal de Toulon	10/1835	---	---	built as screw ship since 1856
Saint Louis (ex-Achille)			Arsenal de Brest	13.7.1848	25.4.1854	6/1854	screw 4.1858, TS 1881
Alexandre			Arsenal de Rochefort	30.5.1848	---	---	built as screw ship since 1856
Jean Bart			Arsenal de Lorient	26.1.1849	---	---	built as screw ship since 1850

Technical data

Data variant	sailing	screw (Donawerth, Saint Louis)	screw (Breslaw, Tilsitt)	screw (Duguesclin, Bayard)
Displacement normal, t	4058	4231	4289	4230
Displacement full, t
Length, m	60.5	60.5 pp	63.5 pp	63.6 pp
Breadth, m	16.3	16.3	16.3	16.3
Draught, m	7.70	8.20	8.44	8.23
No of shafts		1	1	1
Machinery	sails	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers	sails + 1 2-cyl HSE return connecting rod, boilers
Power, h. p.		Donawerth: 1175 Saint Louis: 1411	500nhp	450nhp
Max speed, kts		Donawerth: 9 Saint Louis: 9.9		11.2
Fuel, t		Donawerth: coal 380 Saint Louis: coal 330	coal 430	coal 280
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Suffren, Inflexible: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 32 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 24 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Bayard, Duguesclin: 8 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 8 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 22 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Breslaw: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Tilsitt: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 26 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 20 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML	14 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 12 x 1 - 165/13 30pdr No.4 SBML, 6 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades	14 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 12 x 1 - 165/13 30pdr No.4 SBML, 6 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades	34 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 12 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML
Complement	811	814	814	814

Project history

90-gun two-deckers, intended to replace 74-gunners as the standard ship of the line in the French Navy. Ajax and Diomède were cancelled in 1828. Argonaut was cancelled in December 1838. Wooden hull.

Modernizations

1857, Donawerth; 1858, Saint Louis: were converted to screw ships with data as given in the table

1858, Breslaw; 1859, Tilsitt: were converted to screw ships with data as given in the table

1859, Duguesclin; 1860, Bayard: were converted to screw ships with data as given in the table

Naval service

Henry IV was blown ashore and lost 14.11.1854 in a storm at Eupatoria (Crimea).