French ironclad floating battery Imprenable

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NameImprenable
OrderedSeptember 1861
Laid down25 February 1862
History
France
NameImprenable
OrderedSeptember 1861
BuilderArman Brothers, Bordeaux
Laid down25 February 1862
Launched18 December 1867
CompletedAugust 1867
ReclassifiedHulked, 1882
Stricken7 March 1882
FateScrapped, 1939
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeEmbuscade-class ironclad floating battery
Displacement1,615 t (1,589 long tons)
Length39.65 m (130 ft 1 in)
Beam15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
Draft3.52 m (11.5 ft) (mean)
Installed power
Propulsion2 propellers, 2 return connecting rod engines
Sail planfore-and-aft
Speed8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Range670 nmi (1,240 km; 770 mi) at 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph)
Complement190
Armament
Armor

Imprenable was a Embuscade-class ironclad floating battery built for the French Navy during the 1860s. Completed in 1867, she spent most of her career in reserve although she was briefly commissioned during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.

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