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PORFIRO DIAZ 3rd class unprotected cruiser

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Porfiro Diaz, 5/1911- Zaragosa   Graville, Le Havre, France 4/1890 9/4/1891 1892 discarded 1924

  

Displacement normal, t

1200

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

68.0

Breadth, m

9.30

Draught, m

4.27 mean

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 120/40 Canet, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss

Complement

270

Ship project history: Steel-hulled barque-rigged ship with ram bow, one funnel and raised forecastle and poop. 120mm guns were placed in sponsons at the breaks of forecastle and poop.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Ship was mainly used for training.

Porfiro Diaz 1894

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