Name Palestro class Preceded by Dévastation class Built 1859–1862 | Operators French Navy Succeeded by Embuscade class In service 1862–1871 | |
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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.
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