French ship Jean Bart

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Over 27 ships of the French Navy were named in honour of Jean Bart. Among them

• Jean Bart, a 74-gun ship of the line (1791-1809).
• Jean Bart, a 20-gun corvette, lead ship of her class (1793-1795)
• Jean Bart, a 8-gun lugger (1793-1800)
• Jean Bart, a 24-gun corvette (1794-1795)
• a corvette (1803-1807)
• troop ship n°799 (1803-1806)
• troop ship n°816 (1803-1806)
• Jean Bart, a 74-gun ship of the line (1820-1833).
• Jean Bart, a 80-gun ship of the line.
• Jean Bart, a first class cruiser of 4800 tonnes.
• Jean Bart, a 23,600 tonne battleship; the first French dreadnought.
• Jean Bart, the last French battleship completed, 50,000 tonnes and armed with 380mm guns.
• Jean Bart (D 615) (1988), an anti-aircraft frigate, still in service with the French Navy.