Furor-class destroyer

Class overview
Operators Spanish Navy
Preceded byDestructor
Succeeded byBustamante class
In commission1896–1931
Completed6
Lost2
Retired4
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement380 tons
Length69.8 m (229 ft 0 in)
Beam6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
Draft4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Installed power7,000 hp (5,200 kW)
Propulsion4 Normand boilers, 2 triple-expansion engines, 2 propellers
Speed28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement65
Armament
  • Design
  • 2 × 75 mm (3 in) mm Nordenfelt cannon
  • 2 × 57 mm (2 in) mm Nordenfelt cannon
  • 2 × Maxim machine guns
  • 2 × 350 mm (14 in) torpedo tubes

The Furor class was a type of destroyers of the Spanish Navy, similar to the units of the A class, or 27 knotters, of the British Royal Navy. Commissioned in 1896 by the then Minister of the Navy Admiral Beranger after the success of the design by Fernando Villaamil of the warship Destructor, which had given name to a whole typology of vessels.