spanish battleship final member class dreadnought battleships sister ships built shipyard laid february launched september completed december armed main battery inch guns steam speed knots mph served spanish fleet sisters participated war provided gunfire support forces conflict damaged rebel coastal battery ship served republicans spanish civil war nationalist bombers attacked ship twice june destroyed accidental explosion wreck later raised scrapped technical characteristics long waterline long overall beam draft amidships propulsion system consisted shaft parsons steam turbines yarrow boilers engines rated shaft horsepower produced speed knots mph cruising radius nautical miles speed knots mph crew consisted officers enlisted men armed main battery guns mounted twin gun turrets turret placed forward positioned amidships fourth aft superstructure mounting scheme chosen preference superimposed turrets save weight cost secondary battery consisted guns mounted casemates length hull close waterline heavy seas armed pounder guns machine guns armored belt thick amidships main battery turrets protected armor plate conning tower thick sides armored deck thick service history laid naval shipyard february launched september months start world war spain remained neutral conflict britain supplied armament building materials work considerably delayed ship ready sea completed end war work finally finished december completion joined sister ships 1st squadron spanish fleet saw action insurgents morocco war early 1920s sisters insurgents operating coastal battery damaged ship fought spanish civil war outbreak nationalist revolt wireless operators navy headquarters madrid intercepted radio messages general rebels morocco alerted crews aboard ships rebellious officers ensured ships remain republican control vessels crippled poor discipline time murdered officers killed months war shelled number rebel strongholds hit secondary armament nationalist burned waterline later repaired returned service civil war damaged nationalist air attack august single small bomb struck ship bow caused minimal damage attacked drydock repairs recent grounding bombs hit ship caused minor damage june wrecked accidental internal explosion fire sabotage suspected refloated determined repair officially discarded july broken guns recovered rear twin turrets gibraltar coastal defense batteries respectively near abandoned twin turrets place degradation guns placed single mounts locations
Spanish battleship Jaime I