Spanish cruiser Emperador Carlos V
 Armored cruiser Carlos V around 1898.
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| History | |
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| Name | Emperador Carlos V |
| Namesake | Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Builder | 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 |
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| Complement | 600 officers and enlisted |
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| Armor |
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| Notes | Coal 1,200 tons (normal); 1,800 tons (maximum) |
Emperador Carlos V was an
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.
Technical characteristics
Right elevation and deck plan as depicted in Brassey's Naval Annual 1906
Emperador Carlos V was built at the naval shipyard at
centerline hooded barbettes.[2] One of her strengths was considered to be her great steaming range.[3]
As a curiosity, the day before it was launched, the cruiser Reina Regente sank because its captain forced it to cross the Strait of Gibraltar in the middle of a storm in order to attend the launching ceremony in person. The entire crew of the ship died, 420 sailors and officers.[4]
Operational history
Suez canal
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Emperador Carlos VPatricio Montojo y Pasaron in the Battle of Manila Bay.
Camara's squadron—consisting of Emperador Carlos V,
auxiliary cruisers Patiota and Rapido, destroyers Audaz, Osado, and Prosepina, and transports Buenos Aires and Panay – sortied from Cadiz on 16 June 1898, passing Gibraltar on 17 June 1898.[6] It arrived at Port Said, Egypt, on 26 June 1898, and requested permission to transship coal, which the Egyptian government finally denied on 30 June 1898 out of concern for Egyptian neutrality.[7] By the time Camara's squadron arrived at Suez on 5 July 1898,[8] the squadron of Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete had been annihilated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, freeing up the U.S. Navy's heavy forces from the blockade of Santiago de Cuba. Fearful of the security of the Spanish coast, the Spanish Ministry of Marine recalled Camara's squadron on 7 July 1898,[9] and Emperador Carlos V returned to Spain, where Camara's 2nd Squadron was dissolved on 25 July 1898.[3]
Emperador Carlos V spent the last month of the war in Spanish waters, and thus missed combat.
After the war, Emperador Carlos V conducted cruises to show the flag, attending naval reviews in foreign countries, most notably including the coronation of King
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
in 1902.
In 1914 she was present at the United States occupation of Veracruz.
She was decommissioned in 1922, stricken in 1932,[3] and scrapped in 1933.[10]
Notes
- ^ a b The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Carlos V
- ^ Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905, p. 382
- ^ a b c d The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Carlos V
- ^ "Reina Regente (+1895)". Wrecksite.eu. 21 January 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
- ^ The Naval Historical Center (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/spain/spsh-ag/carlos-v.htm Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine) says that her name was shortened to Carlos V before she was completed.
- ^ Nofi, p. 168
- ^ Cervera's papers, p. 154.
- ^ Nofi, p. 282.
- ^ Nofi, p. 283
- ^ Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921, p. 377
References
- Cervera Y Topete, Pascual. Office of Naval Intelligence War Notes No. VII: Information From Abroad: The Spanish–American War: A Collection of Documents Relative to the Squadron Operations in the West Indies, Translated From the Spanish. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.
- Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gray, Randal, Ed. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- ISBN 0-938289-57-8.
External links
Media related to Emperador Carlos V (ship, 1898) at Wikimedia Commons- The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Carlos V
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Carlos V (Cruiser, 1895–1933), originally named Emperador Carlos V Archived 2010-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
