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Her construction was authorized by the so-called Miranda law of 17 February 1915. The cruiser was launched in Ferrol in 1925 and scrapped in 1965. The ship was 172.62 meters in length, 16.61 m in beam, and a draft of 5.03 m. Equipped with a main armament of 6 guns of 152 mm (6 in) mounted in twin turrets and manned by a crew of 566 seamen, Almirante Cervera belonged to the same class of two other cruisers of the Spanish Navy of her time, the Galicia (Libertad from 1931 to 1939) and Miguel de Cervantes.
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