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Spanish ironclad Zaragoza information


Zaragoza at anchor
History
Armada Española EnsignSpain
NameZaragoza
NamesakeBattle of Saragossa
OrderedOctober 1860
BuilderArsenales de la Armada, Cartagena, Spain
Cost7,000,000 pesetas
Laid down4 October 1860
Launched6 February 1867
CompletedJune 1868
CommissionedJuly 1868
Stricken1896
FateScuttled, 1899
General characteristics (as built)
TypeBroadside ironclad
Displacement5,650 metric tons (5,560 long tons)
Length85.4 m (280 ft 2 in)
Beam16.6 m (54 ft 6 in)
Draft7.5 m (25 ft)
Installed power
  • 6 boilers
  • 3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Propulsion1 shaft; trunk steam engine
Sail planShip rig
Speedabout 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Complement548
Armament
  • 4 × 280 mm (11 in) smoothbore guns
  • 3 × 220 mm (8.7 in) smoothbore guns
  • 14 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns
Armor
  • Belt: 102–127 mm (4.0–5.0 in)
  • Battery: 114 mm (4.5 in)
  • Barbettes: 100 mm (3.9 in)

The ironclad Zaragoza was a Royal Spanish Navy (Armada Real) wooden-hulled armored frigate completed in 1868. She later served as a training ship and was stricken from the naval register in 1896.

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