Carlos V 1900
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Carlos V | Vea Murguía, Cádiz | 4.3.1892 | 10.3.1895 | 2.6.1897 | discarded 12.1931 |
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Displacement normal, t |
9090 |
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Displacement full, t |
10100 |
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Length, m |
115.8 |
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Breadth, m |
20.4 |
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Draught, m |
7.62 mean |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 4-cyl VTE, 12 cylindrical boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
18500 (forced draught) 15000 (natural draught) |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 (forced draught) 19 (natural draught) |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 1800 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 9600(11) |
| Armour, mm | belt: 50, battery: 50, deck: 50 with 165mm slopes, CT: 300, barbettes: 250, hoods: 100 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 280/35 Hontoria M1883, 8 x 1 - 140/36 Hontoria M1883, 4 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 2 x 1 - 42/43 Sarmiento, 4 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim, 6 - 356 TT (beam) |
|
Complement |
583 |
Project history: Unusual cruiser with heavy guns and very thick deck slopes; sometimes she was classified as protected cruiser. To the First World War beginning she was considered become outdated.
Ship protection: Belt and battery protection was scanty and made up of two laminated plates, 25mm of Siemens and 25mm of chrome steel.
Modernizations: 1920: - 8 x 1 - 140/36, 4 x 1 - 57/42, 2 x 1 - 42/43, 4 x 1 - 37/27, 4 - 356 TT; + 4 x 1 - 105/32 Krupp M1897, 8 x 1 - 12.7/87
Naval service: Emperador Carlos V was stricken in 1931 and broken up in 1933.
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