Spanish ironclad Méndez Núñez
Mendez Nuñez at anchor
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| Name: | Méndez Núñez |
| Namesake: | Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez |
| Builder: | Royal dockyard, Ferrol |
| Laid down: | 22 September 1859 as frigate Resolución |
| Launched: | 19 September 1861 |
| Completed: | 28 August 1862 |
| Recommissioned: | February 1870 |
| Renamed: | Méndez Núñez, 21 August 1870 |
| Refit: | 1867–70 |
| Struck: | 1886 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1896 |
| General characteristics (as reconstructed) | |
| Type: | Central battery ironclad |
| Displacement: | 3,382 long tons (3,436 t) |
| Length: | 236 ft 2 in (72.0 m) |
| Beam: | 49 ft 3 in (15.0 m) |
| Draft: | 21 ft 11 in (6.7 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, compound-expansion steam engine |
| Sail plan: | Ship rig |
| Speed: | about 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Complement: | 417 |
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The Spanish ironclad Méndez Núñez was a wooden-hulled armored corvette converted from the 38-gun, steam-powered frigate Resolución during the 1860s after the ship was badly damaged during the Chincha Islands War of 1864–66. She was captured by rebels during the Cantonal Revolution in 1873 and participated in the Battle off Cartagena before she was returned to government control after Cartagena surrendered in early 1874. The ship was stricken from the Navy List in 1886 and broken up ten years later.
Méndez Núñez was 236 feet 3 inches (72.0 m) long at the waterline, had a beam of 49 feet 4 inches (15.0 m) and a mean draft of 21 feet 11 inches (6.7 m). The ship displaced 3,382 long tons (3,436 t). She had a single compound-expansion steam engine that drove her propeller using steam provided by four boilers. The engine was designed to produce a total of 2,250 indicated horsepower (1,680 kW) which gave the ship a speed of 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph). For long-distance travel, Méndez Núñez was fitted with three masts and ship rigged. She carried 400 long tons (410 t) of coal.
The ship was armed with four Armstrong 9-inch (229 mm) and two 8-inch (203 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns. The ship was a central-battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships. Her wrought-iron armor covered most of the ship's hull and was five inches (127 mm) thick.
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