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When the Spanish ironclad Sagunto was launched in 1869 she was the most notable warship built in Spain, despite the fact that
too many years had passed between the initial order and the commissioning. This ship had been initially ordered as a 100-gun
screw-propelled ship of the line in 1858, but in 1860 the specification of the project was changed to that of a 30-gun armored
frigate. The new ship would have a timber hull coated with 150 millimeters of iron along the waterline.
The Sagunto was a long, ever changing project, which drained much money and returned little benefit out of it. For example, the
initial configuration of the armament had been changed when the ship was delivered, and a smaller number of pieces would be
installed in a citadel amidships. As a result, the first ironclad built in Spain was already outdated when she was commissioned,
for in that time ironclads fitted with rotating artillery turrets were being adopted in foreign navies. In 1887 the Sagunto was
declared obsolete and after serving as a pontoon vessel during some years, she was finally scrapped in 1897.
Class: Sagunto (1 unit - Sagunto)
Type: Ironclad
Length: 86.3 meters
Beam: 17.3 meters
Draught: 7.4 meters
Displacement (standard): 6253 tonnes
Propulsion: 1 x shaft, 1 x return connecting rod steam engine, 8 x boiler, 3200 indicated horsepower
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.1 kilometers/hour)
Range: N/A
Fuel: 800 tonnes of coal
Complement: 560
Armament (as designed): 30 x 200-millimeter muzzle-loading smoothbore cannon
Armament (as commissioned): 8 x 220-millimeter muzzle-loading rifled cannon,
3 x 180-millimeter muzzle-loading rifled cannon, 6 x 80-millimeter cannon, 2 x 20-millimeter cannon
Armor: 150 millimeters in belt and citadel
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