Implacable was a Arrogante-class ironclad floating battery built for the French Navy during the 1860s. Completed in 1866, she was immediately placed in reserve although she was briefly commissioned during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871.
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| Name | Implacable |
| Ordered | September 1861 |
| Builder | Ernest Goüin et Cie., Nantes |
| Laid down | 1 October 1861 |
| Launched | 21 January 1864 |
| Completed | January 1866 |
| Reclassified | |
| Stricken | 30 December 1884 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1908 |
| General characteristics (as built) |
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| Class & type | Arrogante-class 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) |
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| 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 |
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Implacable taking part in trials with observation balloons.
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