Spanish cruiser Navarra
| Castilla class cruiser An Aragon-class (here called Castilla-class) cruiser in the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Navarra | |
| Career | Armada Española Ensign |
|---|---|
| Name: | Navarra |
| Namesake: | The Kingdom of Navarre |
| Ordered: | January 1869 |
| Builder: | Naval shipyard at Ferrol, Spain |
| Laid down: | May 1869 |
| Launched: | August 1881 |
| Completed: | 1882 |
| Commissioned: | 1882 |
| Fate: | Either was hulked in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1899[1] or became a cadet training ship in 1900[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Aragon-class |
| Type: | unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,289 tons |
| Length: | 236 ft 0 in (71.93 m) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 0 in (13.41 m) |
| Draft: | 23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) maximum |
| Installed power: | 1,400 ihp |
| Propulsion: | 1-shaft, 3-cylinder, horizontal compound |
| Sail plan: | barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Range: | 2,180 nautical miles (4,037 km) |
| Complement: | 392 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: |
As completed, included 8 x 8 inch (203 mm) 180 pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns In 1885: 4 x 5.9 inch (150 mm) guns 2 × 4.7 inch (120 mm) breech-loading guns 2 x 87nbsp:mm guns 4 x 75 mm guns 10 x machine guns 2 × 14 inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes |
| Armor: | none |
| Notes: | 460 tons of coal (normal) |
For the former Reina Victoria Eugenia renamed Navarra by the Nationalists please see Spanish cruiser Navarra (1923)
Navarra was an Aragon-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy in the late 19th century.
Technical Characteristics
Navarra was built at Ferrol, Spain. Her construction as an armored corvette with a central battery ironclad design began in 1869, with plans to give her 890 tons of armor and 500 mm (19.7 inches) of armor at the waterline. In 1870, her design was changed to that of an unprotected cruiser or wooden corvette, and, after political events delayed her construction, she finally was launched in this form in 1881 and completed in 1882.[1] Her original conception as an armored ship and the change to an unarmored one during construction left her with an overly heavy wooden hull that was obsolescent by the time of her launch.[2]
Designed for colonial service,[3] she had two funnels and was rigged as a barque.[2] Her machinery was maufactured at the naval shipyard at Ferrol.[3] The original main battery of Armstrong-built 8-inch (203-mm) guns was obsolescent when she was completed, and were quickly replaced with more modern Krupp-built guns, with the 5.9-inch guns mounted in sponsons.[2]
Operational history
Navarra was commissioned in 1882. By the 1890s, she was assigned to the Cadiz Naval Group.[3] Sources differ on her career after that; she either was hulked in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1899[1] or survived the 1890s to become a cadet training ship in 1900 [2]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Spanish-American War Centennial Website: Spanish Wooden Cruisers
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, p. 383
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Spanish-American War Centennial Website: Castilla explains the design of this class ship of ship being for colonial service.
References
- 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. ISBN 0831703024.
- Nofi, Albert A. The Spanish-American War, 1898. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania:Combined Books, Inc., 1996. ISBN 0938289578.
External links
- The Spanish-American War Centennial Website: Castilla
- The Spanish-American War Centennial Website: Spanish Wooden Cruisers
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Navarra (Cruiser, 1881-1899)
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