Light cruiser MIGUEL DE CERVANTES on speed trials, 1929. She hit just over 35 knots!
per WIKI: Miguel de Cervantes
Namesake Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Builder S.E.C.N in Ferrol
Laid down 27 August 1926
Launched 19 May 1928
Commissioned 10 February 1930
Fate Scrapped 1964
General characteristics
Class and type Almirante Cervera-class cruiser
Displacement 9240 tons
Length 167.62 m (549.93 ft)
Beam 16.61 m (54.49 ft)
Draft 5.03 m (16.50 ft)
Installed power 80,000 shp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion
4 × Parsons turbines
8 × Yarrow boilers
4 × screws
Speed 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range 4,950 nmi (5,700 mi; 9,170 km) @ 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h)
Armament
Original:
8 × Vickers 152 mm cannon
4 × 101.6 mm AA cannon
12 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
July 1936:
8 x Vickers-Carraca BL 152 mm cannon
3 x Vickers 101.6 mm cannon
2 x Vickers AA 47 mm cannon
12 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
January 1937:
8 x Vickers-Carraca BL 152 mm cannon
3 x Vickers 101.6 mm cannon
1 x AA Hotchkiss 13.2 mm machine gun
12 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
June 1838:
8 x Vickers-Carraca BL 152 mm cannon
3 x Vickers 101.6 mm cannon
1 x AA Vickers 76.2 mm cannon
2 x AA Hotchkiss 25 mm cannon
12 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
October 1938:
8 x Vickers-Carraca BL 152 mm cannon
3 x Vickers 101.6 mm cannon
1 x Bofors AA 40 mm cannon
2 x AA Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
12 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
Notes Could carry a Heinkel He 114 scout plane (after upgrades)
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