Spanish cruiser Conde del Venadito
Conde de Venadito in 1895
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| Name: | Conde de Venadito |
| Namesake: | Count of Venadito |
| Builder: | Naval shipyard Cartagena |
| Laid down: | 1883 |
| Launched: | 15 August 1888 |
| Completed: | 1888 or 1889 |
| Struck: | 1907 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target 1936 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Velasco-class unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) |
| Length: | 210 ft (64 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum |
| Installed power: | 1,500 hp (1,100 kW); 4 cylindrical boilers |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft; 1 Compound-expansion steam engine |
| Sail plan: | barque-rigged |
| Speed: | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 173 officers and enlisted men |
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| Notes: | Powered by 200–220 tonnes (220–240 short tons) of coal (normal) |
Conde de Venadito was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy. It was built at the naval shipyard at Cartagena, Spain in 1883, and was completed and launched five years later. In 1895, she unsuccessfully attempted to sink the American merchant ship Allianca off Cape Maisi, Cuba under the suspicion that she was smuggling arms to the Cuban insurgents. She was stricken from the register in 1907 and was finally sunk in 1936 as a target ship.
Conde de Venadito was built at the naval shipyard at Cartagena, Spain. Her keel was laid in 1883, she was launched on 15 August 1888, and she was completed in 1888 or 1889. The vessel displaced 1,190 long tons (1,210 t) of water and was 210 ft (64 m) long (length between perpendiculars) with a 32 ft (9.8 m) beam, while still maintaining a draft of 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m). She was powered by one-shaft, horizontal compound, four-cylindrical boilers (normally containing 200–220 tonnes (220–240 short tons) of coal), which helped her reach a speed of 14 knots (26 km/h). Her armament consisted of four 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns, four 6-pounder (57 mm) guns, one machine gun and two 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes operated by a crew of 173 officers and enlisted men. She had one rather tall funnel, an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.
She participated in the quadcentennial of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the "New World". The Royal family of the United Kingdom used the ship for the large reception. The Monday after the celebration (at 8 AM), when the ships of other nations were leaving, the ship with the Royal family passed the line of ships as they waved goodbye. During 1894, she was part of the "training and evolutionary" squadron of the Spanish navy, which was located off the cost of Cuba, which was announced by the Spanish Minister of Marine earlier that year.
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