An item reported that the two aged Spanish warships Aragon (1) and Gerona (2) lying at Cadiz were expected to arrive at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht, Netherlands to be broken up. The Aragon was a 1st class cruiser with as dimensions 37 x 13,40x 8,10 metres, 3.290 tons measurement, wood built in 1879 and a double engine of 4.400 hp. The Gerona was a frigate with auxiliary steam power. Dimensions 81 x 13,40 x 7,41 metres and 3.920 tons measurement and a 3.000hp steam engine.
Notes
1. Building ordered in January 1869, laid down as an armoured central battery corvette at the naval shipyard, Cartagena, Spain on 2 May 1869, decided to complete her as an wood-built unprotected cruiser/corvette in 1870, launched on 31 July 1879, completed in 1880, decommissioned in mid-1890s, hulked in 1896.
2. This must be the screw steam frigate Gerona built at Cartagena, Spain in 1864.
