Blas de Lezo-class cruiser

Méndez Núñez after her 1944 refit
Class overview
NameBlas de Lezo class
BuildersSociedad Española de Construcción Naval, Ferrol
Operators Spanish Navy
Preceded byNavarra
Succeeded byAlmirante Cervera-class cruiser
In commission1924–1963
Completed2
Lost1
Retired1
General characteristics
Displacement
  • 4,780 long tons (4,860 t) standard
  • 6,230 long tons (6,330 t) full load
Length462 ft (141 m)
Beam46 ft (14 m)
Draught14 ft 4 in (4.37 m)
Propulsion4 shafts, Parsons Type geared turbines, 12 Yarrow Type boilers, 45,000 hp
Speed29 knots (54 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 13 kn (24 km/h)
Complement320
Armament
  • As built:
  • 6 × 152 mm (6 in) guns in single mounts
  • 4 ×47 mm (1.9 in)
  • Added 1930:
  • 12 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes in four triple mounts
  • Méndez Núñez 1944:
  • 8 x 120 mm (4.7 in) guns in single mounts
  • 8 x 37 mm in four twin mounts
  • 8 x 20mm guns in two quad mounts
  • 6 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedoes in two triple mounts
Armour

The Blas de Lezo-class cruisers were a group of two cruisers, built for the Spanish Navy in the 1920s. The ships were ordered in 1915 but construction proceeded slowly due to material shortages during World War I. The ships were built by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval in Ferrol and showed considerable British design influence, resembling contemporary British C-class cruisers.

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