Spanish destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz (1928)

Spanish destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz
History
Spain
Name Almirante Ferrandiz
NamesakeJosé Ferrándiz y Niño
BuilderSECN, Naval Dockyard, Cartagena, Spain
Launched21 May 1928
Completed1929
Commissioned1929
Decommissioned1936
FateSunk by the Spanish Nationalist cruiser Canarias, 1936
General characteristics
Class & typeChurruca-class destroyer
Displacement1,650 tons (normal); 2,067 tons (maximum)
Length101 m (331 ft 4 in)
Beam9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
Draught3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed power
Propulsion2 Parsons turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h)
Range
  • 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
  • 3,100 nautical miles (5,700 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement160
Armament

Almirante Ferrándiz was a Churruca-class destroyer in the Spanish Republican Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side.

She was named in honor of José Ferrándiz y Niño, a Spanish Admiral and former Navy Minister.

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