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 1890. laid down by Navy Yard at Bilbao, Spain in 1890, launched on 30 August, finished in 1893 and sunk in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba against the US Navy on 3 July 1898. 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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