Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes

Reina Mercedes sometime prior to 1898
History
Spain
Name	Reina Mercedes
Namesake	Mercedes of Orleans, Queen Consort of Spain.
Builder	Naval shipyard, Cartagena, Spain
Launched	9 September 1887[1]
Fate	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)

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.