Spain, Andalusia, Cadiz province, San Fernando. La Carraca arsenal. Spanish cruiser "Castilla" (1881-1898), launched on September 9, 1881 and given to the Spanish Armada in 1886. Its armour was reduced to armoured redoubts for the main guns. It took part in the naval battle of Cavite against Dewey's American squadron, during which he was set on fire and destroyed on 1st May, 1898. Life drawing by A. Cortellini Sánchez. Engraving by Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1881.

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