French ship Jupiter (1831)

Jupiter was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Jupiter.
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
FateBroken up 1870
General characteristics
Class and typeBucentaure-class ship of the line
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

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 until being broken up in 1870.[1]


Citations
  1. Winfield & Roberts p.60

References
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671–1870. Roche. p. 270. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.
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