Álvaro de Bazán 1918
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| María de Molina | La Graña, Ferrol | 1894 | 9.10.1896 | 1898 | discarded 1926 | ||
| Marqués de la Victoria | La Graña, Ferrol | 1894 | 4.2.1897 | 1900 | discarded 1926 | ||
| Álvaro de Bazán | La Graña, Ferrol | 1894 | 14.9.1897 | 1900 | discarded 1926 |
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Displacement normal, t |
830 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
71.6 pp |
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Breadth, m |
7.98 |
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Draught, m |
2.70 normal 3.04 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 locomotive boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3500 (forced draught) |
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Max speed, kts |
19.5 (forced draught) |
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Fuel, t |
coal 120 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
2000(10) |
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Armour, mm |
CT: 152 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/35 Hontoria M1883, 4 x 1 - 42/42 Nordenfelt, 2 x 4 - 7.7/80, 1 - 356 TT (bow), 2 x 1 - 356 TT |
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Complement |
91 |
Project history: Fast torpedo gunboats (torpedo cruisers). To the First World War beginning they have become outdated. After modernization Marqués de la Vitoria became one-funneled, María de Molina received two close arranged funnels and only Álvaro de Bazán kept an original two-funneled outline profile.
Ship protection: Only CT had 152mm sides.
Modernizations: 1917-1918, María de Molina, Marqués de la Victoria: - 2 x 1 - 120/35, 4 x 1 - 42/42; + 8 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt, both were reboilered; former received two closely spaced funnels, latter single funnel.
1917-1918, Álvaro de Bazán: - 2 x 1 - 120/35, 2 x 1 - 42/42; + 6 x 1 - 57/42 Nordenfelt
Naval service: No significant events.
Álvaro de Bazán 1921
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