Spanish cruiser Príncipe Alfonso

	Cruiser Príncipe Alfonso
History
Spain
Name	Principe Alfonso
Laid down	24 November 1924
Launched	23 January 1925
Commissioned	20 September 1927
Fate	1970 (scraped)
General characteristics
Class & type	Almirante Cervera-class cruiser
Displacement	7,475 long tons (7,595 t) standard; 9,237 long tons (9,385 t) full load;
Length	579 ft (176 m)
Beam	54 ft (16 m)
Draught	16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)
Installed power	8 Yarrow-type boilers, 80,000 hp (60,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts, Parsons-type geared turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	566
Armament	As built; 8 × 6-inch (152 mm) Vickers-Carraca guns in 3 twin turrets and 2 single mountings; 4 × 4-inch (102 mm) AA guns; 2 × 47 mm (1.9 in) Hotchkiss 3-pdr light AA guns; 12 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedoes in triple tubes above water;
Armour	Belt 3–2 in (76–51 mm); Deck 1–2 in (25–51 mm); Conning tower 6 in (152 mm);

Príncipe Alfonso was a light cruiser and lead ship of the Almirante Cervera class of the Spanish Navy. She was renamed Libertad in 1931 and renamed again in the late 1930s to Galicia. The ship participated in the Battle of Cape Palos during the Spanish Civil War.^[1]

References

^ "Principe Alfonso (1927)". todoavante.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-08-30.