Spanish seaplane carrier Dédalo
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Neuenfels |
| Namesake | Burg Neuenfels |
| Owner | DDG „Hansa“ |
| Port of registry | Bremen |
| Builder | Wigham Richardson, Low Walker |
| Cost | £81,750 |
| Yard number | 375 |
| Launched | 19 April 1901 |
| Completed | May 1901 |
| Refit | 1922 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | seized by Spain, October 1918 |
| Notes |
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| Spain | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Daedalus |
| Acquired | 1921 |
| Commissioned | 1922 |
| Decommissioned | 1934 |
| Stricken | April 1936 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type |
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| Tonnage | 5,650 GRT, 3,651 NRT |
| Displacement | 9,900 tonnes |
| Length | 420.0 ft (128.0 m) |
| Beam | 55.2 ft (16.8 m) |
| Depth | 20.5 ft (6.2 m) |
| Decks | 1 |
| Installed power | 494 NHP, 3,000 shp (2,200 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.1 knots (20.6 km/h) |
| Complement | (as seaplane tender): 398 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | (as seaplane tender and balloon carrier): 20 seaplanes or flying boats, 2 airships, 2 captive balloons |
Dédalo was a steamship that was built in England in 1901 as the cargo ship Neuenfels for the German shipping company DDG "Hansa". Spain seized her in 1918 and had her converted into a seaplane tender and balloon carrier, entering Spanish Navy service in 1922. She served in the Rif War, in which her aircraft took part in the Alhucemas landing of French and Spanish forces in 1925. She was decommissioned in 1934 and scrapped in 1940.
Dédalo is Spanish for Daedalus. This is the first of two Spanish Navy ships to bear the name. The second was the former United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Cabot, which Spain borrowed in 1967, bought in 1972 and decommissioned in 1989.