French ironclad floating battery Protectrice
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Protectrice |
| Ordered | September 1861 |
| Builder | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Laid down | 25 February 1862 |
| Launched | 8 December 1865 |
| Completed | August 1867 |
| Stricken | 9 August 1889 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1890 |
| 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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Protectrice 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.
