Scuttled as blockship night of 4–5 July 1898; captured and salvaged by US Navy
General characteristics
Class and type
Alfonso XII-class cruiser
Displacement
3,042 tons
Length
278 ft 3 in (84.81 m)
Beam
43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)
Draft
20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Installed power
4,400 ihp (3,300 kW)
Propulsion
1-shaft compound
Speed
17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) (designed);
Complement
370 officers and enlisted
Armament
6 × 16-centimetre (6.30 in) guns
8 × 6 pdr Hotchkiss QF guns
6 × 3 pdr Hotchkiss revolvers
5 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor
none
Notes
500 tons coal (normal)
720 tons coal (maximum)
Cruiser of the Spanish Navy
Reina Mercedes, was an Alfonso XII-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.
During the Spanish–American War, Reina Mercedes was captured by the United States and later salvaged and commissioned into the U.S. Navy. For information about her characteristics and operational history in U.S. Navy service, see USS Reina Mercedes.
^Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, page 384; The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Reina Mercedes claims the launch date was 12 September 1887
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