Spanish cruiser Baleares

Baleares
History
Spain
Name	Baleares
Namesake	Balearic Islands
Builder	SECN, Ferrol
Laid down	15 August 1928
Launched	20 April 1932
Commissioned	28 December 1936
Fate	Sunk during the battle of Battle of Cape Palos 6 March 1938
General characteristics
Class and type	Canarias-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	10,000 long tons (10,000 t) (standard) 13,283 long tons (13,496 t) (full load)
Length	193.9 m (636 ft 2 in)
Beam	19.52 m (64 ft 1 in)
Draught	6.51 m (21 ft 4 in)
Installed power	90,000 shp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Parsons geared steam turbines 8 × Yarrow boilers 4 × shafts
Speed	33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	800
Armament	8 × 8-inch (203 mm) guns in four twin turrets 8 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 3 × 20 mm AA guns 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in triple mounts above water
Armour	Belt 2 in (51 mm) Deck 1.5–1 in (38–25 mm) Magazine 4 in (102 mm) box around Turret 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower 1 in (25 mm)
Notes	Capable of carrying two aircraft catapults, which were not installed

Baleares was a Canarias-class heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy whose control was taken by the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War. The two ships of the class were built upon a British design and were a modified version of the Royal Navy′s County class. Baleares was constructed in Spain by the Vickers-Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval, and saw service during the Spanish Civil War, when she was torpedoed and sunk by destroyers of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Battle of Cape Palos.^[1]