Canarias-class cruiser

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Canarias during the Spanish Civil War
Class overview
Name	Canarias class
Builders	Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval in Ferrol
Operators	Spanish Navy
Preceded by	Almirante Cervera class
Succeeded by	None
Built	1928–1935
In commission	1935–1975
Planned	3
Completed	2
Cancelled	1
Lost	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Heavy cruiser
Displacement	10,670 long tons (10,840 t) standard 13,500 long tons (13,700 t) full load
Length	636 ft (194 m)
Beam	64 ft (20 m)
Draught	21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
Installed power	Yarrow type boilers, 90,000 hp (67,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts, Parsons type geared turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h)
Complement	679
Armament	8 × 8-inch (203 mm) guns in four twin turrets 8 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns 12 × 40 mm AA guns 3 × 20 mm AA guns 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in triple mounts above water
Armour	Belt 2 in (51 mm) Deck 1.5–1 in (38–25 mm) Magazine 4 in (102 mm) box around Turret 1 in (25 mm) Conning tower 1 in (25 mm)

The Canarias class was a class of heavy cruiser of the Spanish Navy. Two ships of the class were completed in the 1930s. They were built in Spain by the Vickers-Armstrongs subsidiary Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval upon a British design, and were a modified version of the Royal Navy′s County class. The two ships completed, Canarias and Baleares, both saw service during the Spanish Civil War, the latter being sunk.