Spanish cruiser Gravina facts for kids

An unidentified Velasco-class (here called "Infanta Isabel-class") cruiser in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Gravina
Quick facts for kids History
Spain
Name	Gravina
Namesake	Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli
Builder	Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.
Launched	1881
Fate	Foundered 10 July 1884
General characteristics
Class and type	Velasco-class unprotected cruiser
Displacement	1,152 tons
Length	210 ft 0 in (64.01 m)
Beam	32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum
Installed power	1,500 ihp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion	1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
Sail plan	barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	173 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 6 in (152 mm) guns 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns 2 × machine guns 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Notes	200 to 220 tons of coal (normal)

Gravina was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.

Technical characteristics

Gravina was built by the Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. at Leamouth, London in the United Kingdom. Her keel was laid in 1881. She had one rather tall funnel. She had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque. She and the lead ship of the class, Velasco, also built in the United Kingdom, were differently armed and slightly faster than the final six ships of the class, all of which were built in Spain.

Operational history

Not long after her completion, Gravina was based in the Philippines. She had a short life, sinking in a typhoon on 10 July 1884 with the loss of two officers and seven crew.