French ship Jupiter (1831)

Napoléon, and Jupiter, in Besika Bay, July 1853
History
France
Name	Jupiter
Namesake	Jupiter
Ordered	25 November 1811
Builder	Cherbourg
Laid down	5 November 1811
Launched	22 October 1831
In service	20 November 1835
Stricken	9 May 1863
General characteristics
Class and type	Bucentaure-class ship of the line
Length	55.88 m (183.33 ft) (overall) 53.92 m (176.90 ft) (keel)
Beam	15.27 m (50.10 ft)
Depth of hold	7.63 m (25.03 ft)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	2,683 m2 (28,879.57 sq ft)
Complement	866
Armament	80 guns 30 × 36-pounders 32 × 24-pounders 18 × 12-pounders 6 × 36-pounder howitzers

Jupiter was an 80-gun Bucentaure-class ship of the line 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