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Vitoria 1888

Ships

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

Technical data

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

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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.