French ironclad floating battery Refuge
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| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name | Refuge |
| Ordered | September 1861 |
| Builder | Arman Brothers, Bordeaux |
| Laid down | 25 February 1862 |
| Launched | 1 May 1866 |
| Completed | October 1867 |
| Reclassified | As a training ship, 1889 |
| Stricken | 5 July 1884 |
| 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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Refuge 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.
