- Construction and naming
- Third Carlist War service
- Spanish–American War
- Disposal
- References
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Spain | Ship flag= | Ship name= Puigcerdá | Ship namesake=Capital of Cerdanya | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=FCM, La Seyne, France | Ship original cost=₧840,000 pesetas | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=28 September 1874 | Ship launched=19 November 1874 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=1875 | Ship decommissioned=1890
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}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=monitor | Ship tonnage= | Ship displacement=553 tons | Ship tons burthen= | 41|m|ft|abbr=on}} | 9|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | 2|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power=530 ihp | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan= | Ship speed=8 knots | Ship speed after reboilering= | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=59 officers and enlisted | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*(1874 as built)- 1 × {{convert|12|cm|in|adj=on|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} bronze guns
- 2 × {{convert|10|cm|in|adj=on|sigfig=3|abbr=on}} bronze guns
- (1898 as rearmed)
- 2 × {{convert|16|cm|in|adj=on|sigfig=3}} guns
- 2 × {{convert|12|cm|in|adj=on|sigfig=3}} guns.
| Ship armour= | Ship armor=*Iron.- Belt 3.93 inches (100mm)
- Shields 3.14-3.93 inches (80-100 mm).
| Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=23 tons of coal
}} | The Puigcerdá was the only monitor ever commissioned in the history of the Spanish Armada, and was acquired to defend the estuary of Bilbao and the coast of Cantabria during the Third Carlist War, at a price of ₧840,000. Construction and namingThe acquisition of Puigcerdá was approved on August 25, 1874, by General Serrano and Minister of Marine Rafael Rodriguez Arias. The contract for the construction of the ship was signed September 11, 1874, with the ship to be built in the shipyard of the Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, in La Seyne, Toulon, France. By a Royal Order dated October 30, 1874 it was ordered that the ship be given the name: {{quote|"...Puigcerdá, thus perpetuating in the Navy one of the memorable events of this civil war that unfortunately divides us"}}Third Carlist War serviceDuring the Third Carlist War, Puigcerdá defended the province of Vizcaya against Carlist troops. After the war the ship was laid up at Ferrol with the floating battery Duque de Tetuán, and was decommissioned in 1890. Spanish–American WarWith the breaking out of the Spanish–American War in 1898, Puigcerdá was recommissioned and rearmed, and dispatched for the defense of the Ria de Vigo. DisposalIn 1900 Puigcerdá was decommissioned, and sold for 30,000 pesetas for civilian use as the small steamer Anita; later it was sold to John Holt & Co. of Liverpool. References- "The Monitor Puigcerda", Spanish–American War Centennial Website.
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