Spanish ironclad Tetuán
Tetuan at anchor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Spain | |
| Name | Tetuán |
| Namesake | Battle of Tétouan |
| Ordered | 29 November 1860 (authorized) |
| Builder | Reales Astilleros de Esteiro, Ferrol, Spain |
| Cost | 6,772,256 pesetas |
| Laid down | 22 May 1861 |
| Launched | 19 March 1863 |
| Completed | January 1866 |
| Acquired | 4 April 1866 (delivered) |
| Commissioned | June 1866 |
| Fate | Burned and sank 30 December 1873 |
| Notes | Served Canton of Cartagena July–December 1873 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Armored frigate |
| Displacement | 6,200 long tons (6,300 t) |
| Length | 279 ft 1 in (85.1 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft 9 in (17.0 m) |
| Draft | 21 ft 8 in (6.6 m) |
| Installed power | 4,520 ihp (3,370 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | Ship rig |
| Speed | about 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 584 |
| Armament | 30 × 68-pounder smoothbore guns |
| Armor | |
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Tetuán was a Spanish Navy armored frigate commissioned in 1866. She was the first ironclad warship constructed in a Spanish shipyard. She took part on the rebel side in the Glorious Revolution of 1868. She was captured by Cantonalist forces during the Cantonal Rebellion in 1873 and participated in the Battle of Portmán, fighting on the side of the Canton of Cartagena. While under repair after the battle, she was destroyed by fire in December 1873.
Tetuán was named for the Battle of Tétouan, an 1860 Spanish victory during the Hispano–Moroccan War of 1859–1860.