Spanish cruiser Canarias

History
Heavy cruiser Canarias in Port of Almeria
Spain
Name	Canarias
Namesake	Canary Islands
Builder	SECN, Ferrol
Laid down	15 August 1928
Launched	28 May 1931
Commissioned	September 1936
Decommissioned	17 December 1975
Fate	Scrapped 1977
General characteristics
Class & type	Canarias-class heavy cruiser
Displacement	10,670 long tons (10,840 t) standard 13,500 long tons (13,700 t) full load
Length	636 ft (194 m)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draught	21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
Installed power	Yarrow type boilers, 90,000 hp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts, Parsons type geared turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	679
Sensors & processing systems	none
Armament	8 × BL 8-inch (203 mm) L/50 Mk.VIII guns in four twin turrets 8 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 3 × 20 mm AA guns 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in triple mounts above water
Armour	Belt 2 in (51 mm) Deck 1.5–1 in (38–25 mm) Magazine 4 in (102 mm) box around Turret 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower 1 in (25 mm)

Canarias was a Canarias-class heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy. She was built in Spain by the Vickers-Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval based on a British design, being a modified version of the Royal Navy′s County class. Canarias saw service during the Spanish Civil War.