Numancia
Wrecked
| Type | Ironclad |
|---|---|
| War | Chincha Islands War |
| Main guns | 40 × 68-pounder (31 kg) 200 mm (7.9 in) smoothbore guns |
French-built armoured frigate. Sailed from Cádiz round South America to join the Pacific squadron in 1865 and was Méndez Núñez's flagship at Callao, where she took 45 hits. She went home westward across the Pacific and round the Cape of Good Hope, the first ironclad to circumnavigate the world. Wrecked under tow to the breakers in 1916.
Armament and specifications
Armament
As built
- 40 × 68-pounder (31 kg) 200 mm (7.9 in) smoothbore guns
1868
- 6 x 300-pounder (136 kg) Armstrong rifled guns
- 3 x 180-pounder (82 kg) Armstrong guns
- 16 × 68-pounder (31 kg) 200 mm (7.9 in) smoothbore guns
1876
- 8 x 250 mm (9.8 in) Armstrong 300-pounder (136 kg) rifled guns
- 3 x Woolwich 200 mm (7.9 in) 180-pounder (82 kg) guns
- 8 x Palliser 160 mm (6.3 in) guns
1885
- 8 x Armstrong 254 mm (10 in) 300-pounder (136 kg) guns
- 7 x Armstrong 203 mm (8 in) 180-pounder (82 kg) guns
- 1 x 90 mm (3.5 in) Hontoria saluting gun
- 2 x Hontoria 70 mm (2.8 in) 68-pounder (31 kg) guns
- 8 x 25-millimetre machine guns
1898
- 4 x Hontoria 200 mm (7.9 in) guns
- 10 Hontoria 140 mm (5.5 in) quick-firing guns
- 10 x smaller guns
- 2 x torpedo tubes
1900
- 3 x Schneider-Canet 150 mm (5.9 in) quick-firing guns
- 10 x Hontoria 140 mm (5.5 in) quick-firing guns
- 12 x Škoda 47 mm (1.9 in) guns
Armour
- Belt: 100–130 mm (3.9–5.1 in)
- Battery: 120 mm (4.7 in)
| Builder | Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer, France |
|---|---|
| Laid down | 22 January 1861 |
| Launched | 19 November 1863 |
| Commissioned | 17 December 1864 |
| Displacement | 7,305 t (7,190 long tons) |
| Length | 95.6 m (313 ft 8 in) |
| Speed | 12.7 knots (23.5 km/h; 14.6 mph) (steam) |
| Complement | 561 |
As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.
Career
Launched
19 November 1863
Battle of Callao
Damaged
2 May 1866
Flagship; 45 hits
Fate
Wrecked
Wrecked 17 December 1916