Spanish battleship Pelayo 1885-1925

Laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France in April 1885m launched on 5 February 1887, completed in summer 1888, modernized at La Seyne in 1897-1898 and in 1910, gunnery training ship 1920-1921, disarmed in 1923 and broken up in 1925. Based on the French battleship Marceau-design but her draught was smaller to allow her passing the Suez Canal at a full load displacement. The sails with which she was fitted out were quite soon after she was completed removed.

Displacement 9.745 tons and as dimensions 102,01 x 20,19 x 7,54 (maximum) metres or 334.8 x 66.3 x 14.9 feet. Her coal-fuelled 2-shaft vertical compound steam engines and 12 return tube boilers (replaced by 16 Niclausse boilers in 1897-1898) supplied 8.000 (trial natural draft)-9.600 9.600 ihp allowing a speed of 16,2 (natural draft trial)-16,7 (forced draft 1888), Sail area was 1.219 square metres/4.000 square feet. Coal bunker capacity 800 tons. The Creusot steel armour consisted of a 29,8cm/11.75”-40cm/17.75” thick belt. The barbettes were protected by 29,8cm/11.75”-40cm/17.75”, gun shield were 7,94cm/3.125” thick, conning tower protected by 15,56cm/6.125”, deck with a thickness of 5,1cm/2”-7cm/2.5”. The battery amidships was originally unprotected, during the modernization in 1897-1898 was 7,6cm/3” Harvey steel armour added. The original armament consisted of 2x1-32cm/12.6” guns, 2x1-28cm/11.0”, 1-16cm/6.30” guns, 12-12cm/4.72” guns, 5-5,7cm/6pd rapid firing guns, 14 machine guns and 7-35.6cm/14” torpedo tubes (removed in 1910). After the modernization in 1897-1898 2x1-32cm/12.6” guns, 2x1-28cm/11.0”,9-14cm/5.51” guns, 5-6pd rapid firing guns, 14 machine guns and 6-35.6cm/14” torpedo tubes (removed in 1910).