HMS St Jean d'Acre

HMS St Jean d'Acre
Class overview
NameSt Jean d'Acre class screw two-decker
OperatorsRoyal Navy
Preceded byJames Watt class (91-guns)
Succeeded byConqueror class (101-guns)
Cost
  • £107,561
  • £143,708
Planned1
Building1
Completed1
Active1
Retired1
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS St Jean d'Acre
Ordered15 February 1851
BuilderDevonport Dockyard
Laid downJune 1851
Launched23 March 1853
Commissioned21 May 1853, completed for sea 20 September 1853.
Fate
  • January 1875 sold to Castle's shipbreakers at Charlton
  • October 1875 Broken up.
General characteristics
Class & typeSt Jean d'Acre class
Type101-gun screw two-decker
Displacement5,499 tons
Tons burthen3,200 tons B.O.M.
Length
  • 238 ft (73 m) overall
  • 202 ft 5 in (61.70 m) keel-line
Beam55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) extreme
Draught25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Depth of hold25 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power2,136 ihp (trials 3 December 1853)
Propulsion600 nhp Penn. Single lifting screw.
Sail plan
  • Main mast: 67 ft 0 in (20.42 m) x 40 in (1.0 m)
  • Fore mast: 61 ft 0 in (18.59 m)ft x 37 in (0.94 m)
  • Mizzen mast: 51 ft 6 in (15.70 m)ft x 27 in (0.69 m)
Speed11.199 knots (trials in Stokes Bay 3 December 1853)
Complement900 or 930
Armament
  • As built
  • Gun Deck: 20 x 8in/65cwt, 16 x 32pdr/56cwt
  • Main deck: 8 x 8in/65cwt, 28 x 32pdr/56cwt
  • Upper Deck: 28 x 32pdr/42cwt, 1 x 68pdr/95cwt
  • From July 1861(?)
  • Gun Deck: 36 x 8in/65cwt
  • Main deck: 36 x 32pdr/56cwt
  • Upper Deck: 28 x 32pdr/42cwt, 1 x 68pdr/95cwt

HMS St Jean d'Acre was the Royal Navy's first 101 gun screw two-decker line-of-battle ship. She served in the Crimean War.

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