Her keel was laid in Lorient in 1827. She stayed abandoned in an unbuilt state for several years before being completed as a steam ship. She was eventually launched on 15 February 1854. She took part in the Crimean War as a transport. In 1868, she was renamed to Jean Bart, and used as a school ship. She was again renamed to Cyclope in 1886, and eventually broken up in 1897.