Spanish ironclad Sagunto

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Sagunto at anchor
History
Armada Española EnsignSpain
NameSagunto
NamesakeSiege of Saguntum
OrderedMarch 1860
Builder
Ferrol
Laid down12 January 1861
Launched26 April 1869
Completed1 February 1877
CommissionedFebruary 1877
RenamedSagunto, 1868
Stricken1891
General characteristics
TypeCentral-battery ironclad
Displacement7,352 t (7,236 long tons)
Length89.5 m (293 ft 8 in) (waterline)
Beam17.3 m (56 ft 9 in)
Draft8.4 m (28 ft)
Installed power
  • 8
    boilers
  • 3,700 
    kW
    )
Propulsion1 shaft, 2 compound-expansion steam engines
Sail plan
Ship rig
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement554
Armament
Armor

The Spanish

naval register
in 1891.

Design and description

Plan and right-elevation drawing of Segunto; the shaded areas show armor protection

Segunto was 89.5 meters (293 ft 8 in) long at the waterline, had a beam of 17.3 meters (56 ft 9 in) and a draft of 8.4 meters (27 ft 7 in).[1] She displaced 7,352 metric tons (7,236 long tons) and was fitted with a ram bow.[2] Her crew consisted of 554 officers and enlisted men.[1]

The ship was fitted with a pair of imported

ship rig with a sail area of 2,400 square meters (26,000 sq ft).[4]

The frigate's

Armstrong-Whitworth 229-millimeter (9 in) rifled muzzle-loading (RML) guns on the main deck arranged on the central-battery principle. On the upper deck were two Trubia 180-millimeter (7.1 in) RML guns, one on each broadside, and another in the forecastle as the forward chase gun. By 1883, the Trubia guns had been replaced by Palliser RMLs of the same caliber.[5]

Sagunto had a complete wrought iron waterline belt of 150-millimeter (5.9 in) armor plates. Above the belt, the guns, except for the chase gun, were protected by an equal thickness of armor. The ends of the ship and the deck were unarmored.[6]

Construction and service

Segunto, named for the ancient

laid down on 21 March 1863 and she was renamed Segunto in 1868 while she was being converted into a central-battery ironclad. The ship was launched on 26 April 1869 and commissioned on 1 February 1877.[7]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d de Saint Hubert, p. 23
  2. ^ a b Silverstone, p. 389
  3. ^ Lyon, p. 381
  4. ^ de Saint Hubert, pp. 22, 24
  5. ^ de Saint Hubert, p. 28
  6. ^ de Saint Hubert, pp. 22–23
  7. ^ a b Silverstone, p. 395

References

  • OCLC 669097244
    .
  • de Saint Hubert, Christian (1984). "Early Spanish Steam Warships, Part II". Warship International. XXI (1): 21–45.
    ISSN 0043-0374
    .
  • Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Spain". In Chesneau, Roger & Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 380–386.
    ISBN 0-8317-0302-4
    .
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1984). Directory of the World's Capital Ships. New York: Hippocrene Books.
    ISBN 0-88254-979-0
    .
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