Embuscade-class ironclad floating battery

Class overview
Name	Palestro class
Builders	Arman Brothers, Bordeaux
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Arrogante class
Built	1862–1868
In service	1866–1889
Completed	4
Scrapped	4
General characteristics
Type	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	4 boilers 480 ihp (360 kW)
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
Armament	4 × 164.7 mm (6.48 in) Mle 1864 guns 4 × 164.7 mm Mle 1860 guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 140 mm (5.5 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in)

The Embuscade class consisted of four ironclad floating batteries built for the French Navy in the 1860s.

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