Floating battery

The floating battery Paixhans (1862), designed for war in Cochinchina

French armoured floating battery Arrogante (1864)

A floating battery is a kind of armed watercraft, often improvised or experimental, which carries a heavy armament but has few other qualities as a warship.

An early appearance was during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, and its invention and usage is attributed to Spanish lieutenant general Antonio Barceló.

单词	Floating battery
释义	Floating battery 英语百科 Floating battery A floating battery is a kind of armed watercraft, often improvised or experimental, which carries a heavy armament but has few other qualities as a warship. An early appearance was during the Great Siege of Gibraltar, and its invention and usage is attributed to Spanish lieutenant general Antonio Barceló.
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