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French ship Jupiter (1831)

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Napoléon, and Jupiter, in Besika Bay, July 1853
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameJupiter
NamesakeJupiter
Ordered25 November 1811
BuilderCherbourg
Laid down5 November 1811
Launched22 October 1831
In service20 November 1835
Stricken9 May 1863
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Length
  • 55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall)
  • 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold7.63 m (25.03 ft)
PropulsionSail
Sail plan2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement866
Armament
  • 80 guns
  • 30 × 36-pounders
  • 32 × 24-pounders
  • 18 × 12-pounders
  • 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Jupiter was an 80-gun Template:Sclass- of the French Navy, 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