Pelayo 1918
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Pelayo | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 2/1886 | 5/2/1887 | 9/9/1888 | TS 1920, discarded 10/1922 |
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Displacement normal, t |
9745 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
102.0 wl 105.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
20.2 |
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Draught, m |
7.58 norm 8.69 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
VC, 12 return-tube boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
9600 |
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Max speed, kts |
16.7 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 650 norm 800 max |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(10) |
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Armour, mm |
Creusot steel; belt: 450 - 300, barbettes: 400 - 300, shields: 80, CT: 155, deck: 70 - 50 |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 320/35 Hontoria M1884, 2 x 1 - 280/35 Hontoria M1883, 1 x 1 - 162/35 Hontoria, 12 x 1 - 120/35 Hontoria, 3 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 13 x 5 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 7 - 381 TT (1 stern, 6 beam) |
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Complement |
520 |
Ship project history: Design was based on the basis of contemporary French battleship Marceau but with reduced draught. Originally she had 372 m2 of sails but soon after completion ship received military masts. Main guns were mounted in barbettes of Canet system, 162mm gun was a bow chaser.
Ship protection: Main belt was 2.1m high amidships (0.6m above wl), hull had double bottom.
Modernizations: 1897: boilers were replaced by 16 Niclausse ones (9473hp, 16kts, 676t of coal, 2540(10)nm); - 1 x 1 - 162/35, 12 x 1 - 120/35, 3 x 1 - 57/40, 8 x 5 - 37/20; + 9 x 1 - 140/35 Canet, 12 x 1 - 57/48 Nordenfelt; normal displacement was 9890t
1910: - 7 - 381 TT
Naval service: Pelayo served as TS since 1920.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011