French ironclad floating battery Saigon
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Saigon |
| Namesake | Saigon |
| Ordered | 18 July 1859 |
| Builder | Arman Brothers |
| Laid down | 20 July 1859 |
| Launched | 24 June 1861 |
| Completed | November 1862 |
| Reclassified | As an embarkation hulk, 1871 |
| Stricken | 21 August 1871 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1884 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Palestro-class ironclad floating battery |
| Displacement | 1,563 t (1,538 long tons) |
| Length | 47.5 m (155 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 14.04 m (46 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Installed power | 580 ihp (430 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 propellers, 2 steam engines |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Speed | 7–7.5 knots (13.0–13.9 km/h; 8.1–8.6 mph) |
| Complement | 212 |
| Armament | 12 × 164.7 mm (6.48 in) Mle 1860 30 pdr guns |
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Saigon was a Palestro-class ironclad floating battery built for the French Navy after the Crimean War of 1854–1855. Completed in 1862, she was placed in reserve shortly afterward. The ship caught fire and sank in 1863, but was salvaged and repaired. Saigon was briefly commissioned during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871 before she was hulked in 1871.