 Vitoria in Mahón, c. 1885
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| History | |
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| Name | Vitoria |
| Namesake | Battle of Vitoria |
| Ordered | December 1860 |
| Builder | Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London |
| Laid down | January 1862 |
| Launched | 4 November 1865 |
| Completed | May 1867 |
| Commissioned | February 1868 |
| Stricken | 1912 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1912 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Broadside ironclad |
| Displacement | 7,250 t (7,140 long tons) |
| Length | 96.8 m (317 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in) |
| Draft | 7.7 m (25 ft) |
| Installed power | |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 trunk steam engine |
| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | about 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | 2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 561 |
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| Armor | |
The Spanish ironclad Vitoria was an iron-hulled armored frigate purchased from England during the 1860s. The ship participated on both sides during the Cantonal rebellion of 1873–1874, first on the rebel side and then after her crew surrendered to neutral warships, on the government side. She played a major role in the Battle off Cartagena for the government. Vitoria bombarded rebel towns from 1874 to 1876 during the Third Carlist War. The ship was reconstructed in the late 1890s and reclassified as a coast-defense ship, although she served as a training ship until she was scrapped in 1912.