Part of Infanta Maria Téresa-class armoured cruisers (influenced by British Orlando-class), preceded by Emperador Carlos V succeeded by Princessa de Asturias class, building ordered in 1889, launched at Navy Yard, Bilbao, Spain on 8 July 1891, completed in 1893 and sunk in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba against the US Navy on 3 Juy1898. General technical details. Displacement 6,890 tons and as dimensions 111 x 19.86 x 6.55 (maximum) metres or 364.2 x 65.2 x 21.6 feet. Speed 202. knots. Crew numbered 484 men. Armament consisted of 2x1-28cm/11.0” cal 35 guns, 10-14cm/5.5” cal 35 guns, 10-12pd guns, 10-3pd Hotchkiss revolvers, 8 Nordenfeld machine guns, 2 Maxim machine guns and 8 torpedo tubes of which 2 were submerged. The armour consisted of a 25.4cm/10”-30.5cm/12” thick belt, a 2cm/5.1”-7.6cm/3” thick deck with the barbettes and conning tower protected by respectively 22.9cm/9” and 30.5cm/12” thick armour.
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