Numancia 1865
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Numancia | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 22.4.1862 | 19.11.1863 | 17.12.1864 | harbour service 1909, accommodation ship 1912 |
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Displacement normal, t |
7189 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
96.0 pp 96.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
17.4 |
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Draught, m |
8.22 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HRCR, 8 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3700 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 1100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 130, battery: 120 |
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Armament |
34 x 1 - 200/12 68pdr No.1 & No.2 SBML |
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Complement |
500 |
Project history: An iron-hulled ship-rigged vessel with one funnel and a ram bow. Later the 254mm guns were 18t Armstrong weapons mounted on the main deck; 4 of the 9t 203mm Armstrongs were also mounted on the main deck, with the other 3 on the upper deck and the 280mm Hontoria gun on the forecastle.
Ship protection: 130mm wrought iron armour protected all ship length from 2.3mm under wl to upper deck, it was tapered to 120mm at the upper deck and to 10mm at ship ends.
Modernizations: 1870: - 18 x 1 - 200/12; + 6 x 1 - 254/14 Armstrong 300pdr MLR, 3 x 1 - 203/15 Armstrong 9-ton 180pdr MLR
1876: - 16 x 1 - 200/12; + 2 x 1 - 254/14 Armstrong 300pdr MLR, 8 x 1 - 160/16 Palliser MLR
1881: - 8 x 1 - 160/16; + 4 x 1 - 203/15 Armstrong 9-ton 180pdr MLR
1885: + 1 x 1 - 200/35 Hontoria M1883
1900: re-engined: (13kts); new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 200/35 Hontoria M1883, 3 x 1 - 150/48 Schneider-Canet, 8 x 1 - 140/36 Hontoria M1883, 12 x 1 - 47/40 Skoda, 2 - 356 TT (beam)
Naval service: Numancia was non-seagoing from 1909, became accommodation ship in 1912 and sank under tow to BU 17.12.1916.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014