Spanish cruiser Lepanto
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image = File:Crucero Lepanto (1898).JPG |Ship caption =Spanish protected cruiser Lepanto around 1900. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Spain |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Spain}} |Ship name=Lepanto |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Arsenal de la Cartagena |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=1 October 1886 |Ship launched=16 November 1893 |Ship completed=26 January 1899 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired=1899 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage=1899 |Ship in service=26 January 1899 |Ship out of service=1908 |Ship identification= |Ship fate=Scrapped in 1911 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Reina Regente|cruiser|0}} protected cruiser |Ship displacement=4,826 tons |Ship length={{convert|99.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|15.24|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|7.31|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship armament=* 4 x 1 - 200/35 Hontoria M1883
|Ship power=2 triple expansion engines |Ship propulsion=Twin screw propellers |Ship speed={{convert|20.5|kn}} |Ship capacity= |Ship complement=420 |Ship notes= }} |
Lepanto was a Spanish protected cruiser of the {{sclass|Reina Regente|cruiser|4}} that served in the Spanish navy from 1899 until her retirement in 1908.{{cite web |url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/spanish_cruisers.htm |title=Spanish Cruisers |publisher=battleships-cruisers.co.uk |date=|accessdate=19 March 2017}}
Construction
Lepanto was the last cruiser built of her class with sister ships {{ship|Spanish cruiser|Alfonso XIII||2}} and {{ship|Spanish cruiser|Reina Regente||2}}. She was laid down on 1 October 1886 and launched on 16 November 1893 at the Arsenal de la Cartagena shipyard in Cartagena, Spain. She was completed on 26 January 1899 and named Lepanto. The ship was {{convert|99.9|m|ftin}} long, with a beam of {{convert|15.24|m|ftin}} and a draught of {{convert|7.31|m|ftin}}. The ship was assessed at 4,826 tons. She had 2 triple expansion engines driving two screw propellers. The engine was rated at 11.500 nhp.
Fate
Lepanto sailed for the Spanish Navy from 1899 until her retirement in 1908 without any incident. She was ultimately scrapped in 1911 and was the last surviving ship from the {{sclass|Reina Regente|cruiser|4}}.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZLLzJr2yW4C&dq=Spanish+cruiser+Lepanto+1892&pg=PA348 |title=Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping |publisher=google.be |date=1908 |isbn=9783864443992 |accessdate=19 March 2017}}
