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 Pelayo in 1889.
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| Name | Pelayo |
| Namesake | Pelagius of Asturias |
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée La Seyne, France |
| Laid down | April 1885 |
| Launched | 5 February 1887 |
| Completed | summer 1888 |
| Nickname(s) | Solitario ("Solitary" or "Lonely") |
| Fate | Disarmed 1923; scrapped 1925 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Battleship |
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| Length | 393 ft 8 in (119.99 m) |
| Beam | 66 ft 3 in (20.19 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) maximum |
| Installed power | 9,600 ihp (8,000 ihp on trials with natural draft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft, vertical compound, 12 return-tube boilers; in 1897–1898 her boilers were replaced by 16 Niclausse boilers. |
| Sail plan | As built 4,000 square feet (1,219 square meters), but quickly removed. |
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| Complement | 520 officers and enlisted |
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| Notes | 800 tons of coal |
Pelayo was a battleship of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1888 to 1925. She was the first battleship and the most powerful unit of the Spanish Navy at the time. Despite its modern design for the time, Pelayo and the rest of the Spanish Asia-Pacific Rescue Squadron never engaged in combat during the Spanish–American War. Some historians have argued that had the battleship, along with the modern armored cruiser Carlos V, participated directly in the conflict the course of the war would have been altered dramatically and possibly lead to a Spanish victory, thus retaining Spain's status as a colonial power.[1]
- ^ "ABC: El "Pelayo", el acorazado español que aterrizó a los Estados Unidos (23 November 2011)". ABC. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016.