HMS St Jean d'Acre

	HMS St Jean d'Acre
Class overview
Name	St Jean d'Acre class screw two-decker
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	James Watt class (91-guns)
Succeeded by	Conqueror class (101-guns)
Cost	£107,561 ; £143,708;
Planned	1
Building	1
Completed	1
Active	1
Retired	1
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS St Jean d'Acre
Ordered	15 February 1851
Builder	Devonport Dockyard
Laid down	June 1851
Launched	23 March 1853
Commissioned	21 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 and type	St Jean d'Acre class
Type	101-gun screw two-decker
Displacement	5,499 tons
Tons burthen	3,200 tons B.O.M.
Length	238 ft (73 m) overall ; 202 ft 5 in (61.70 m) keel-line ;
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) extreme
Draught	25 ft 3 in (7.70 m)
Depth of hold	25 ft (7.6 m)
Installed power	2,136 ihp (trials 3 December 1853)
Propulsion	600 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) ;
Speed	11.199 knots (trials in Stokes Bay 3 December 1853)
Complement	900 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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