French ironclad floating battery Arrogante

History
France
Name	Arrogante
Ordered	September 1861
Builder	Ernest Goüin et Cie., Nantes
Laid down	20 March 1862
Launched	26 June 1864
Completed	January 1866
Reclassified	As a training ship, 5 July 1877; Hulked, 1884;
Stricken	30 December 1884
Fate	Sunk as a target, September 1898
General characteristics (as built)
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)
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);

Arrogante 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.

References

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