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PORFIRIO DÍAZ 3rd class unprotected cruiser (1892)

Zaragoza 1914

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Porfirio Díaz, 5.1911- Zaragoza     F C de la Méditerranée, Graville, France 4.1890 9.4.1891 1892 discarded 1924

 

Displacement normal, t

1200

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

68.0

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

4.27 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 120/40 Canet, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

270

Project history: Steel-hulled barque-rigged ship with ram bow, one funnel and raised forecastle and poop. 120mm guns were placed in sponsons at the breaks of forecastle and poop.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Ship was mainly used for training.

Porfirio Díaz 1894

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