Spanish ironclad Zaragoza

Zaragoza at anchor
History
Spain
Name	Zaragoza
Namesake	Battle of Saragossa
Ordered	October 1860
Builder	Arsenales de la Armada, Cartagena, Spain
Cost	7,000,000 pesetas
Laid down	4 October 1861
Launched	6 February 1867
Completed	June 1868
Commissioned	July 1868
Stricken	1896
Fate	Scuttled, 1899
General characteristics
Type	Central battery ironclad
Displacement	5,650 metric tons (5,560 long tons)
Length	85.4 m (280 ft 2 in)
Beam	16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draft	7.5 m (25 ft)
Installed power	6 boilers 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft; trunk steam engine
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement	548
Armament	4 × 280 mm (11 in) smoothbore guns 3 × 220 mm (8.7 in) smoothbore guns 14 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns
Armor	Belt: 102–127 mm (4.0–5.0 in) Battery: 114 mm (4.5 in) Barbettes: 100 mm (3.9 in)

The ironclad Zaragoza was a Spanish Navy wooden-hulled armored frigate commissioned in 1868. She later served as a training ship and was stricken in 1896.

Construction and commissioning

Zaragoza was laid down by Arsenales de la Armada at Cartagena, Spain, on 4 October 1861. Her construction period was lengthy, and she was not launched until 6 February 1867. She was completed in June 1868 and commissioned in July 1868.

Service history

Zaragoza saw action in the Third Carlist War of 1872–1876. She underwent a major overhaul in 1889. In 1892, she was relegated to use as a torpedo training ship at Cartagena. She was stricken in 1896 and scuttled in 1899.

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.
• de Saint Hubert, Christian (1984). "Early Spanish Steam Warships, Part II". Warship International. XXI (1). Toledo, OH: International Naval Records Organization: 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.

External links

• La Marina Blindada en el Siglo XIX