Alfonso XII-class cruiser

	Reina Mercedes
Class overview
Name	Alfonso XII class
Builders	Cartagena and Ferrol, Spain
Operators	Spanish Navy
Built	1881–1891
In commission	1891–1900
Planned	3
Completed	3
Lost	2
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Unprotected cruiser
Displacement	3,042 tons
Length	278 ft (85 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draft	20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) maximum
Speed	17 kn (31 km/h)
Endurance	500 tons of coal (normal),; 720 tons of coal (maximum) ;
Complement	370
Armament	6 × 6.4-inch (163 mm) guns; 8 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss quick-firing guns; 6 × 3-pounder Hotchkiss revolvers; 5 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes;

The Alfonso XII class of unprotected cruisers was a series of three ships built during the 1880s for service with the Spanish Navy. They were named for a Spanish king and two Spanish queens.

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