French cruiser Jean Bart (1886)

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The Jean Bart was a 4800-tonne first class iron protected cruiser of the French Navy.

She was built in Rochefort in 1886 and commissioned in 1892. She was reinstated second class cruiser in 1897 and was sent to East Asia. In 1902, she returned to Lorient to be decommissioned.

She was recommissioned in 1906 and sent to the Carrabean. She ran aground in 1907 at Ras Nouadhibou and became a total loss.

French cruiser Jean Bart (1886)

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