French ironclad floating battery Embuscade

Embuscade 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.

History
France
Name	Embuscade
Ordered	September 1861
Builder	Arman Brothers, Bordeaux
Laid down	25 February 1862
Launched	18 November 1865
Completed	September 1866
Reclassified	Hulked, 1920
Stricken	28 January 1885
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	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)