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Princesa de Asturias-class cruiser

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Crucerocataluña.jpg
image_caption	Cataluña in 1914
section2	{{Infobox ship/class overview
name	Princesa de Asturias class
builders	* La Carraca Shipyard
operators
built_range	1890–1904
in_commission_range	1902–1929
total_ships_completed	3
total_ships_lost	1
total_ships_retired	2
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
type	Armoured cruiser
displacement	6,888 tons
length	110.97 m
beam	18.59 m
draught	6.61 m
propulsion	14800 hp, two shafts
speed	20 kn
complement	542
armament	* 2 × 9.4 in (2 × 1)
* 8 × {{convert	5.5	in	cm	abbr	on}} (8 × 1)
* 8 × [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt	{{convert	57	mm	in	sp	us	abbr=on}}/42]]
armour	* 11.88 in belt
* {{convert	7.88	in	cm	abbr	on}} barbette
* {{convert	7.88	in	cm	abbr	on}} conning tower
* {{convert	3.88	in	cm	abbr	on}} turret
* {{convert	2.25	in	cm	abbr	on}} deck

Cartagena Navy Yard
Ferrol Dockyard
8 × 5.5 in (8 × 1)
8 × 57 mm/42
7.88 in barbette
7.88 in conning tower
3.88 in turret
2.25 in deck

The Princesa de Asturias class was a class of armoured cruisers of the Spanish Navy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The class comprised three ships, , and . With construction beginning on the lead ship of the class in 1890, it was considered to be essentially a repeat of the three s but with more modern and balanced armament. Cardenal Cisneros was wrecked in 1905 and the other two ships were discarded in the late 1920s.

Design

Dimensions and machinery

The ships of the class were 110.97 m long, had a beam of 18.59 m, a draught of 6.61 m, and had a displacement of 6,888 ton. The ships were equipped with two-shaft reciprocating engines, which were rated at 14800 ihp and produced a top speed of 20 kn.

Armour

The ships had belt armour of 11.88 in, conning tower and barbette armour of 7.88 in, 3.88 in turret armour and 2.25 in deck armour. However, as these ships were fundamentally modernized *Infanta Maria Teresa-*class cruisers, the armour coverage was not comprehensive, and thus the ships were poorly armoured by standards of the day.

Armament

The main armament of the ships were two 9.4 in single turret guns. Secondary armament included eight single 5.5 in guns.

Ships

An unidentified ''Cardenal Cisneros''-class vessel

was ordered September 1889 and laid down at the La Carraca shipyard in San Fernando, Cadiz in 1890. She was launched on 17 October 1896, after an unsuccessful launch attempt on 9 October, and commissioned in 1902. She was discarded in 1927.
was laid down at Cartagena Navy Yard in 1890 and launched on 24 September 1900. She was commissioned in 1903. Cataluña was discarded in 1929.
was laid down at the Ferrol Dockyard in 1890. She was launched on 19 March 1897 and commissioned in 1902. She was lost when she ran aground on 28 October 1905.

Notes

Sources

Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. .

References

Chesneau and Kolesnik (1979), p. 382
Journal ASNE. (1896). "Ships". American Society of Naval Engineers.
Fitzsimmons (1977), p. 524

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