Torpedo boat Azor. https://i.imgur.com/47j5ZbO.png The Azor class torpedo boat (Azor and Halcón, two types of hawks) were commissioned to the Yarrow shipyards in Great Britain. Their design derived from the successful Adler built for the Austrian-Hungarian navy. These were relatively large and well-...
Tanque Barbastro https://i.imgur.com/neZTlS5.png The "Tanque Barbastro" is an unofficial name for a handcrafted light tank built by local initiative in republican band in the Spanish Civil War. Only two photos exist, one of poorly quality. This type of vehicle was know as "Tiznaos" (referring to the...
Small gunboat Ligera The Ligera (Light) was a gunboat of the Estrella (Star) class, very similar to the Alerta. In 1898 was destined to the defense of Cárdenas (Cuba). On March 15 fought with US torpedo boat Foote, who was damaged. Was the first combat of the war. On June 8, the Ligera and Alerta gu...
Small gunboat Alerta After the insurrection in Cuba, Spain purchased eighteen small gunboats to Spanish and British shipyards. The Alerta (Alert) class (six units) was one of them. They were small metal units, with a displacement of 43 tons and armed with a 42 mm Nordenfelt cannon and a 37 mm Maxim ...
The ship is very small and the details of the masts can not be shown well. Also I have not found images of the Barceló with the sails, only with bare masts, but in the blueprint they are shown and in the documents it is indicated that they used them.
Torpedo boat Barceló The Barceló (named after the Spanish admiral of the eighteenth century, inventor of small gunboat) was the fourth torpedo boat of 1884 program and purchased to Normad, a French shipyard. Its rounded deck made it seem semi-submersible. She was hot and cramped, and was equipped wi...