Armored cruiser Carlos V around 1898.
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History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Emperador Carlos V |
Namesake | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
Builder | Vega-Murguia Shipyard, Cadiz, Spain |
Laid down | 1892 |
Launched | 13 March 1895 |
Completed | 2 June 1898 |
Decommissioned | 1922 |
Stricken | 1932 |
Fate | Scrapped 1933 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Armored cruiser |
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Length | |
Beam | 67 ft 0 in (20.42 m) |
Draft | 25 ft 0 in (7.62 m) mean |
Installed power | 18,500 ihp (13,800 kW) (15,000 ihp (11,000 kW) on trials with natural draft) |
Propulsion | 2-shaft, 4-cylinder vertical triple expansion |
Speed |
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Complement | 600 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Armor |
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Notes | Coal 1,200 tons (normal); 1,800 tons (maximum) |
Emperador Carlos V was an armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1898 to 1933. The money intended to build torpedo boats was used to build a 9,000-ton cruiser, deriving this cruiser from the British Blake class. Said cruiser stood out for its great autonomy, while it suffered from having little armor, mounting only during its first days of life 4 pieces of García Lomas of 100 mm.