Spanish ironclad Vitoria

Drawing of Vitoria
History
Spain
Name: Vitoria
Namesake: Battle of Vitoria
Ordered: December 1862
Builder: Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London
Laid down: January 1863
Launched: 4 November 1865
Completed: May 1867
Commissioned: 1868
Struck: 1912
Fate: Broken up 1912
General characteristics (as built)
Type: Broadside ironclad
Displacement: 7,250 metric tons (7,140 long tons)
Length: 96.8 m (317 ft 7 in)
Beam: 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draft: 7.7 m (25 ft)
Installed power: 4,500 ihp (3,400 kW)
Propulsion:
Sail plan: Ship rig
Speed: about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)
Range: 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 561
Armament:
Armor:

The Spanish ironclad Vitoria was an iron-hulled armored frigate bought from England during the 1860s.

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