Spanish frigate Gerona
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Gerona |
| Namesake | Girona, Spain |
| Ordered | 4 July 1861 |
| Builder | Arsenal de Cartagena, Cartagena, Spain |
| Cost | 3,664,243.23 pesetas |
| Laid down | 21 October 1861 |
| Launched | 22 March 1864 |
| Completed | 1865 |
| Commissioned | May 1865 |
| Decommissioned | January 1899 |
| Fate | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Screw frigate |
| Displacement | 3,980 t (3,920 long tons) |
| Length | 81 m (265 ft 9 in) |
| Beam | 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) |
| Height | 7.41 m (24 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 6.33 m (20 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power | 600 hp (447 kW) (nominal) |
| Propulsion | Two steam engines; 650 tons coal |
| Sail plan | Ship-rigged |
| Speed | 9 to 12 knots (17 to 22 km/h; 10 to 14 mph) |
| Complement | 549 to 600 |
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Gerona was a Spanish Navy screw frigate in commission from 1865 to 1899. She took part in combat operations during the Chincha Islands War, the Ten Years' War, and the First Melillan Campaign. She was named for Girona, a city in Catalonia in northeastern Spain.