Arrogante-class ironclad floating battery

The Arrogante-class were three ironclad floating batteries built for the French Navy during the 1860s.

Class overview
Name	Arrogante class
Builders	Ernest Goüin et Cie., Nantes
Operators	French Navy
Preceded by	Dévastation class
Succeeded by	Embuscade class
Built	1861–1866
In service	1866–1885
Completed	3
Scrapped	2
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Ironclad floating battery
Displacement	1,440 t (1,420 long tons)
Length	44.08 m (144 ft 7 in)
Beam	14.76 m (48 ft 5 in)
Draft	2.94 m (9.6 ft)
Installed power	4 boilers 480 ihp (360 kW)
Propulsion	2 propellers, 2 steam engines
Sail plan	Fore-and-aft rig
Speed	7 knots (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Range	272 nmi (504 km; 313 mi) at 5.9 knots (10.9 km/h; 6.8 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	4 × 164.7 mm (6.48 in) Mle 1864 guns 5 or 6 × 164.7 mm Mle 1858-60 guns
Armor	Waterline belt: 120 mm (4.7 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in)

Ships

Construction data

Name	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Arrogante	20 March 1862	26 June 1864	January 1866	Sunk as a target, September 1898
Implacable	1 October 1861	21 January 1864		Scrapped, 1908
Opiniâtre	10 March 1862	25 May 1862	1866	Scrapped, 1912