Castilla

Scuttled

Type	Cruiser
War	Spanish–American War
Main guns	As completed, included 8 x 8 in (203 mm) 180-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns

Wooden-hulled cruiser moored as a floating battery. Abandoned and sunk by her crew at Manila Bay.

The Spanish unprotected cruiser Castilla, commission in either 1882 or 1886 and sunk in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898. Photo: Unidentified photographer, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As completed, included 8 x 8 in (203 mm) 180-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns

By 1885

4 × 5.9 in (150 mm) guns
2 × 4.7 in (119 mm) breech-loading guns
2 × 87 mm guns
4 × 75 mm guns
10 × machine guns
2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes

Builder	Arsenal de La Carraca, San Fernando, Spain
Laid down	May 1869
Launched	August 1881 or 9 September 1881 (see text)
Commissioned	1882 or 1886 {see text)
Displacement	3,289 tons
Length	236 ft 0 in (71.93 m)
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	392 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

August 1881 or 9 September 1881 (see text)

Battle of Manila Bay

Scuttled

1 May 1898

Abandoned and sunk by her crew