Spanish destroyer Sánchez Barcáiztegui

Destroyer Sánchez Barcaiztegui
History
Spain
Name Sánchez Barcáiztegui
NamesakeVictoriano Sánchez Barcáiztegui
BuilderSECN, Naval Dockyard, Cartagena, Spain
Launched24 July 1926
Completed1928
Commissioned1928
Decommissioned1 July 1964
Honours and
awards
Distintivo de Madrid 1938
FateScrapped in 1965
General characteristics
Class & typeChurruca-class destroyer
Displacement1,650 t (1,620 long tons) (normal); 2,067 t (2,034 long tons) (maximum)
Length101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Height6.02 m (19 ft 9 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power42,000 shp (31,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed36 kn (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range
  • 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
  • 3,100 nmi (5,700 km; 3,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement160
Armament

Sánchez Barcáiztegui was a Churruca-class destroyer of the Spanish Republican Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the side of the government of the Second Spanish Republic.

Sánchez Barcáiztegui was named in honor of Capitán de navío de primera clase (Ship-of-the-Line Captain First Class) Victoriano Sánchez Barcáiztegui (1826–1875), a Spanish Navy officer who gained fame in the Battle of Callao in 1866 and was killed in action during the Third Carlist War.