Destructor (Spanish warship)
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The Destructor was a 19th-century Spanish naval vessel. She was a large torpedo gunboat and a precursor of the destroyer type of vessel.
Fernando Villaamil of the Spanish Navy placed the order for the vessel in November 1885, with the British builder James and George Thompson, of Clydebank, not far from the Yarrow shipyards. She was laid down at the end of the year, launched in 1886, and commissioned in 1887.
Her displacement was 348 tons, and she was equipped with triple expansion engines generating 3,784 HP (2.8 MW), for a maximum speed of 22.6 knots (42 km/h). She was armed with one 90 mm Hontoria cannon, four 57mm (6-pdr) Nordenfeldt cannon, two 37mm (3-pdr)Hotchkiss guns and 5 15in Schwartzkopff torpedo tubes. Her complement was 60 men.
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Cheseneau, R & Kolesnik, E (Eds): Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0-85177-133-5
