Spain's navy is decidedly weak when compared with that of the United States. A mere glance at the two tables will be sufficient to show the difference. Spain's list of unarmored cruisers is long, but four of our battle ships or swift, modern, armored cruisers could blow the lot out of the water. In torpedo boats we compare favorably with Spain. In one respect Spain is stronger, that is in her six speedy torpedo boat destroyers. This table accounts for every war ship Spain has, to say nothing of the few antique merchantmen of the Spanish liner company which can be turned into cruisers.
FIRST-CLASS BATTLE SHIPS.
NAME. Tonnage. Guns in Speed in Hull.
Batteries. knots/hour.
Pelayo 9,900 22 17.0 Steel
Vitoria (inefficient)7,250 0 11.0 Iron
OLD BATTLE SHIPS.
NAME. Tonnage. Guns in Speed in Hull.
Batteries. knots/hour.
Numancia 7,250 10 11.0 Iron
FIRST-CLASS ARMORED CRUISERS.
NAME. Tonnage. Guns in Speed in Hull.
Batteries. knots/hour.
Carlos V 9,235 28 20.0 Steel
Cisneros 7,000 24 20.0 Steel
Cataluna 7,000 24 20.0 Steel
Princess Asturias 7,000 24 20.0 Steel
Almirante Oquendo 7,000 30 20.0 Steel
Maria Teresa 7,000 30 20.0 Steel
Vizcaya 7,000 30 20.0 Steel
Cristobal Colon 6,840 40 20.0 Steel