Spanish ironclad Vitoria

The Spanish ironclad Vitoria was an iron-hulled armored frigate bought from England during the 1860s.

Drawing of Vitoria
History
Spain
Name: Vitoria
Namesake: Battle of Vitoria
Ordered: December 1862
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London
Laid down: January 1863
Launched: 4 November 1865
Completed: May 1867
Commissioned: 1868
Struck: 1912
Fate: Scrapped, 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Broadside ironclad
Displacement: 7,250 t (7,140 long tons)
Length: 96.8 m (317 ft 7 in)
Beam: 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draft: 7.7 m (25 ft)
Installed power:
  • 8 boilers
  • 4,500 ihp (3,400 kW)
Propulsion: 1 shaft, Trunk steam engine
Sail plan: Ship rig
Speed: about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Range: 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 561
Armament:
Armor:

Footnotes

    References
    • Brassey, Thomas (1888). The Naval Annual 1887. Portsmouth, England: J. Griffin. OCLC 669097244.
    • Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
    • Pastor y Fernandez de Checa, M. (1977). "The Spanish Ironclads Numancia, Vitoria and Pelayo, Pt. II". F. P. D. S. Newsletter. Akron, Ohio: F. P. D. S. V (1): 3–5. OCLC 41554533.
    • de Saint Hubert, Christian (1984). "Early Spanish Steam Warships, Part II". Warship International. Toledo, OH: International Naval Records Organization. XXI (1): 21–45. ISSN 0043-0374.
    • Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-88254-979-0.
    • "Spanish Ironclads Numancia and Vitoria". Warship International. Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Records Club. VIII (3): 287–89. 1970.


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