Palestro-class ironclad floating battery
The Palestro-class ironclad floating batteries were four floating batteries built for the French Navy in 1859-62 to replace the Crimean War-built vessels because of fears that the 1855 ships would deteriorate because they had been built hurriedly with poor wood.
| Name | Built at | Laid down | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palestro | Arman, Bordeaux | 1859 | August 1862 |
| Pei-ho | Arman, Bordeaux | 1859 | September 1862 |
| Saigon | Arman, Bordeaux | 1859 | September 1862 |
| Paixhans | Arman, Bordeaux | 1859 | September 1862 |
.jpg.webp) Paixhans (right) in 1862 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Palestro class |
| Operators: |
 French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Dévastation class |
| Succeeded by: | Embuscade class |
| Built: | 1859–1862 |
| In service: | 1862–1871 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Scrapped: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Ironclad floating battery |
| Displacement: | 1,560 t (1,540 long tons) |
| Length: | 47.5 m (155 ft 10 in) |
| Beam: | 14.04 m (46 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3 m (9.8 ft) (mean) |
| Installed power: | 580 ihp (430 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Twin screw, FCM steam engine |
| Speed: | 7.5 knots (13.9 km/h; 8.6 mph) |
| Complement: | 212 |
| Armament: |
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| Armor: | Hull: 120 mm (4.7 in) |
References
- Bibliography
- de Balincourt, Captain; Vincent-Bréchignac, Captain (1973). "French Floating Batteries". F.P.D.S. Newsletter. Akron, OH: F.P.D.S. I (2): 13–20. OCLC 41554533.
- Caruana, J.; Koehler, R. B. (1996). "Question 7/95: French Ironclad Floating Batteries". Warship International. Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Research Organization. XXXIII (4): 416–18. ISSN 0043-0374.
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
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