The French ship Jean Bart was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line, constructed for the French Navy during the 1810s. Designed by Jacques-Noël Sané, this vessel exemplifies the typical features of the class, measuring 55.87 meters (183 feet 4 inches) in length, with a beam of 14.46 meters (47 feet 5 inches) and a depth of hold of 7.15 meters (23 feet 5 inches). Displacing approximately 3,069 tonneaux and with a tonnage of 1,537 port tonneaux, Jean Bart had a substantial and formidable profile suited for line-of-battle tactics. Its mean draught was 7.15 meters, allowing it to operate effectively in various maritime conditions. The ship was rigged with three masts and equipped with a traditional ship rig, enabling long-distance cruising and engagement at sea. Her armament comprised a mix of muzzle-loading, smoothbore guns: twenty-eight 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck and thirty 18-pounder long guns on the upper deck. The quarterdeck and forecastle carried a variable number of smaller guns, including 8-pounder long guns and 36-pounder carronades, with total gun count ranging between sixteen and twenty-eight over her service life. Notably, older 36-pounder obusiers mounted on the poop deck were removed, reflecting evolving naval artillery standards. Jean Bart was ordered in 1811 and laid down at the Arsenal de Lorient, with her launch occurring on 25 August 1820. She was commissioned in October of that year under Captain Menouvrier-Defresne and completed by December. Her early service included cruising off Brazil and participating in the 1823 French campaign to intervene in Spain, during which she captured the Spanish merchant vessel Nueva Veloce Mariana. Following this, she patrolled the Caribbean and cruised off South America again from 1828 to 1829. Decommissioned and hulled in 1830, Jean Bart was ultimately scrapped in 1833, marking the end of her relatively brief but active service. Her construction and operational history reflect her role as a significant, if not widely renowned, vessel within the French naval fleet of the early 19th century.

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