Spanish cruiser Navarra

For other ships with the same name, see Spanish ship Navarra.

Navarra was an Aragon-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy in the late 19th century.

An Aragon-class (here called Castilla-class) cruiser in the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Navarra
History
Spain
Name	Navarra
Namesake	The Kingdom of Navarre
Ordered	January 1869
Builder	Naval shipyard at Ferrol, Spain
Laid down	May 1869
Launched	August 1881
Completed	1882
Commissioned	1882
Fate	Either was hulked in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1899[1] or became a cadet training ship in 1900[2]
General characteristics
Class & type	Aragon-class unprotected cruiser
Displacement	3,289 tons
Length	236 ft 0 in (71.93 m)
Beam	44 ft 0 in (13.41 m)
Draft	23 ft 6 in (7.16 m) maximum
Installed power	1,400 ihp (1,000 kW)
Propulsion	1-shaft, 3-cylinder, horizontal compound
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Range	2,180 nmi (4,040 km; 2,510 mi)
Complement	392 officers and enlisted
Armament	As completed, included 8 × 8 in (203 mm) 180-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns In 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
Notes	460 tons of coal (normal)

Technical characteristics

Navarra was built at Ferrol, Spain. Her construction as an armored corvette with a central battery ironclad design began in 1869, with plans to give her 890 tons of armor and 500 millimetres (19.7 in) of armor at the waterline. In 1870, her design was changed to that of an unprotected cruiser or wooden corvette, and, after political events delayed her construction, she finally was launched in this form in 1881 and completed in 1882.^[1] Her original conception as an armored ship and the change to an unarmored one during construction left her with an overly heavy wooden hull that was obsolescent by the time of her launch.^[2]

Designed for colonial service,^[3] she had two funnels and was rigged as a barque.^[2] Her machinery was manufactured at the naval shipyard at Ferrol.^[3] The original main battery of Armstrong-built 8-inch (203 mm) guns was obsolescent when she was completed, and were quickly replaced with more modern Krupp-built guns, with the 5.9-inch (150 mm) guns mounted in sponsons.^[2]

Operational history

Navarra was commissioned in 1882. By the 1890s, she was assigned to the Cadiz Naval Group.^[3] Sources differ on her career after that; she either was hulked in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1899^[1] or survived the 1890s to become a cadet training ship in 1900.^[2]