French ironclad floating battery Embuscade
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Embuscade |
| Ordered | September 1861 |
| Builder | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Laid down | 25 February 1862 |
| Launched | 18 November 1865 |
| Completed | September 1866 |
| Reclassified | Hulked, 1920 |
| Stricken | 28 January 1885 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1945 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | Embuscade-class 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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Embuscade was a Embuscade-class ironclad floating battery built for the French Navy during the 1860s. Completed in 1866, she spent most of her career in reserve although she was briefly commissioned during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
