French cruiser Jean Bart
PROTECTED CRUISER OF THE FRENCH NAVY
Jean Bart (1886); French cruiser Jean Bart (1886); French cruiser Jean Bart (1889)
Jean Bart was a protected cruiser of the built for the French Navy in the late 1880s and early 1890s. The lead ship the class of tw ships, Jean Bart and her sister ships were ordered during the tenure of Admiral Théophile Aube as Minister of Marine according to the theories of the doctrine.