Spanish ironclad Numancia

Numancia at anchor
History
Name	Numancia
Namesake	Siege of Numantia
Builder	Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France
Laid down	22 January 1861
Launched	19 November 1863
Commissioned	17 December 1864
Refit	1896–1898
Stricken	1912
Fate	Sank while under tow, 17 December 1916
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Broadside ironclad
Displacement	7,305 t (7,190 long tons)
Length	95.6 m (313 ft 8 in)
Beam	17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draft	7.7 m (25 ft)
Installed power	8 boilers 3,770 ihp (2,810 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 horizontal-return connecting-rod steam engines
Sail plan	Ship rig
Speed	12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	561
Armament	40 × 68-pounder (203 mm) smoothbore guns
Armor	Belt: 100–130 mm (3.9–5.1 in) Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in)

The Spanish ironclad Numancia was an armored frigate bought from France during the 1860s for service with the Royal Spanish Navy (Armada Real). The name was derived from the Siege of Numantia, in which Roman expansion in the Iberian Peninsula was resisted. She was the first ironclad to circumnavigate the Earth. She saw service in the Chincha Islands War and Cantonal Revolution.^[1]