Spanish ironclad Vitoria

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
Stricken	1912
Fate	Broken up 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Broadside ironclad
Displacement	7,250 metric tons (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	4,500 ihp (3,400 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, Trunk steam engine 8 boilers
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	4 × 9-inch Armstrong rifled muzzle-loaders 3 × 8-inch Armstrong rifled muzzle-loaders 14 × convert
Armor	Belt: 140 mm (5.5 in) Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in) Barbettes: 114 mm (4 in)

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

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. V (1). Akron, Ohio: F. P. D. S.: 3–5.
• 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.
• "Spanish Ironclads Numancia and Vitoria". Warship International. VIII (3). Toledo, Ohio: International Naval Records Club: 287–89. 1970.

External links

• La Marina Blindada en el Siglo XIX