Embuscade-class ironclad floating battery
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Palestro class |
| Builders | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Operators | French Navy |
| Preceded by | Arrogante class |
| Built | 1862–1868 |
| In service | 1866–1889 |
| Completed | 4 |
| Scrapped | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ironclad floating battery |
| Displacement | 1,615 t (1,589 long tons) |
| Length | 39.65 m (130 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 3.52 m (11.5 ft) (mean) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers, 2 return connecting rod engines |
| Sail plan | fore-and-aft |
| Speed | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Range | 670 nmi (1,240 km; 770 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Complement | 190 |
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The Embuscade class consisted of four ironclad floating batteries built for the French Navy in the 1860s.