Dédalo 1922
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Dédalo (ex-Neuenfels) | Swan Hunter, Newcastle, UK | 19.4.1901 | 22.5.1901 | 10/1901 // 5.1922 | stricken 1.1936 |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
9900 |
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Length, m |
127.7 pp 128.0 oa |
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Breadth, m |
16.8 |
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Draught, m |
7.40 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 VTE, 3 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2200 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 950 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(7) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/97, 2 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, 20 - 25 seaplanes (M.18), 1 airship (SCA), 2 balloons |
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Complement |
398 |
Aircraft facilities (ha - 1,005m² / ~5,000m³): Seaplanes were stored in hangar (60x16.5xm). There was one elevator, seaplanes were handled from water by four (since 1926 one) derricks. Airship was stored in own hangar (42x8.3x12.0m)
| Year | Reconnaissance |
| 5.1922 | 5 Felixtowe F.3, 5 M.18, 4 S.13, 4 S.16, 5 S.16bis, 1 Panther, 2 SCA, 2 balloons |
| 6.1923 | 9 M.18, 1 SCA |
| 9.1929 | 11 M.18, 2 Swift, 1 S.62 |
Project history: Ex-German freighter Neuenfels interned by Spain in 1914 and later requisitioned. She was converted to dual-purpose aircraft / airship tender. Fore deck with mooring mast was intended for operations with airship and balloons, aft deck was used for handling of seaplanes. Also wheeled planes can be launched from the deck.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In January, 1935 Dédalo was laid up from active service and stricken a year later.
Dédalo
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