Vitoria 1867
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Vitoria | Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK | 15.1.1863 | 4.11.1865 | 15.11.1867 | harbour service 1907, discarded 1912 |
Displacement normal, t |
7135 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
96.4 pp |
Breadth, m |
17.4 |
Draught, m |
8.07 max |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 HRCR, 8 rectangular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
4500 |
Max speed, kts |
12 |
Fuel, t |
coal 875 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 2400(10) |
Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 130, battery: 120 |
Armament |
30 x 1 - 200/12 68pdr No.1 & No.2 SBML |
Complement |
500 |
Project history: Iron-hulled, ship-rigged vessel with two funnels and a ram bow, originally armed with 30-68pdr SB. In 1890 the 229mm Armstrongs were mounted on the broadside with the 203mm Armstrongs in an upper deck redoubt on the broadside and the single Hontoria 180mm under the topgallant forecastle.
Ship protection: The armour belt extended from 4.0m above wl to 2.1m below. There was a CT in the redoubt.
Modernizations: 1869: - 16 x 1 - 200/12; + 4 x 1 - 254/14 Armstrong 300pdr MLR, 3 x 1 - 203/15 Armstrong 9-ton 180pdr MLR
1900: new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 200/35 Hontoria M1883, 12 x 1 - 149/37 Skoda, 8 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 4 x 1 - 47/40 Skoda, 4 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim
Naval service: Vitoria was non-seagoing from 1907, sold for scrap in 1911 and discarded in 1912.
Vitoria 1888
Vitoria 1900
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