Spanish cruiser Princesa de Asturias
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| Name | Princesa de Asturias |
| Namesake | Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904) |
| Operator | Spanish Navy |
| Ordered | 17 September 1888 |
| Builder | Arsenal de La Carraca, San Fernando, Spain |
| Cost | 14,000,000 pesetas |
| Laid down | 23 September 1889 |
| Launched | 17 October 1896 |
| Completed | 10 June 1903 |
| Commissioned | 10 June 1903 |
| Decommissioned | 28 December 1927 |
| Fate |
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| Stricken | 1930 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Type | Armoured cruiser |
| Displacement | 6,888 tons |
| Length | 110.97 m (364 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 18.59 m (61 ft 0 in) |
| Draught | 6.61 m (21 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Steam engines, 14,800 hp (11,036 kW), two shafts |
| Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 542 |
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Princesa de Asturias was the lead ship of the Princesa de Asturias class of armored cruisers. She was in commission in the Spanish Navy from 1903 to 1927. She took part in the Second Melillan campaign in 1909, the Kert campaign of 1911–1912, and the Rif War of 1921–1926.