Suffren-class ship of the line
 1/20th scale model on display at the Musée national de la Marine
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Suffren |
| Builders | Toulon, Brest |
| Operators |  French Navy |
| Preceded by | Bucentaure class ship of the line |
| Succeeded by | Hercule class |
| Completed | 14 |
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| Class and type | Suffren class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 4 070 tonnes |
| Length | 60.50 metres |
| Beam | 16.28 metres |
| Draught | 7.40 metres |
| Propulsion | 3114 m² of sails |
| Complement | 810 to 846 men |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1824-1839: 30 × 30-pounders on lower deck |
| Armour | 6.97 cm of timber |
The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.
Intended as successors of the 80-gun Bucentaure class by Jean Tupinier, they introduced the innovation of having straight walls, instead of the Tumblehome design that had prevailed until then; this tended to heighten the ships' centre of gravity, but provided much more room for equipment in the upper decks. Stability issues was fixed with underwater stabilisers.
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References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I