French ironclad Surveillante

The French Fleet in the Baltic, the Admiral's Flagship, the Surveillante, Leading
History
Second French Empire
Name	Surveillante
Namesake	Guardian
Ordered	12 November 1860
Builder	Arsenal de Lorient
Laid down	28 January 1861
Launched	28 August 1864
Completed	May 1867
Commissioned	21 October 1867
Reclassified	As a guard ship, 1887 As a storeship, 1890
Stricken	1890
Fate	Scrapped, 1898
General characteristics
Class and type	Provence-class ironclad frigate
Displacement	5,700–6,000 t (5,600–5,900 long tons)
Length	80.72 m (264 ft 10 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draft	7.7–8.8 m (25 ft 3 in – 28 ft 10 in)
Installed power	8 boilers 3,254 PS (2,393 kW) (trials)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 HRCR-steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rig
Speed	13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) (trials)
Range	2,410 nautical miles (4,460 km; 2,770 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	579–594
Armament	11 × single 194 mm (7.6 in) smoothbore muzzle-loading guns
Armor	Belt: 150 mm (5.9 in) Battery: 110 mm (4.3 in) Conning tower: 100 mm (3.9 in)

The French ironclad Surveillante was one of 10 Provence-class armored frigates built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) during the 1860s. Commissioned in 1867, she was initially assigned to the Northern Squadron (Escadre du Nord). The ironclad played a minor role as a flagship in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, blockading the Baltic and North Sea coasts of Prussia. Surveillante was decommissioned after the war, but was reactivated in 1876. She was transferred to the Mediterranean Squadron (Escadre de la Méditerranée) the following year.

The ship was reduced to reserve in 1879, but was reactivated in 1880 and participated in the French occupation of Tunisia the following year. Surveillante spent most of the years between 1882 and 1887 in reserve. The ship was condemned that latter year, but served as a guard ship until 1890. She then hulked as a coal storeship and was finally scrapped in 1898.