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|Ship country=Spain
|Ship flag=[[File:Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg|48px|Armada Española Ensign]]
|Ship name= ''Gravina''
|Ship namesake=[[Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli]]
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|Ship builder=[[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company|Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.]]
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|Ship fate=Foundered 10 July 1884
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|Ship class={{sclass|Velasco|cruiser|0}} [[unprotected cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=1,152&nbsp;tons
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|Ship propulsion=1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
|Ship sail plan=[[barque]]-rigged
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|Ship complement=173 officers and enlisted
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|Ship armament=*4 × [[BL 6 inch gun Mk II – VI|{{convert|6|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]] guns
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'''''Gravina''''' was a {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser|0}} [[unprotected cruiser]] of the [[Spanish Navy]].

==Technical characteristics==
''Gravina'' was built by the [[Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company|Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd.]] at [[Leamouth]], [[London]] in the United Kingdom. Her [[keel]] was laid in 1881. She had one rather tall funnel. She had an iron hull and was rigged as a [[barque]]. She and the lead ship of the class, {{ship|Spanish cruiser|Velasco||2}}, also built in the United Kingdom, were differently armed and slightly faster than the final six ships of the class, all of which were built in Spain.

==Operational history==
Not long after her completion, ''Gravina'' was based in the [[Philippines]]. She had a short life, sinking in a [[typhoon]] on 10 July 1884 with the loss of two officers and seven crew.<ref name="Cable">{{cite news|title=Cable Notes|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5680816/cable_notes_gravina/|accessdate=25 June 2016|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=16 July 1884|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==References==
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*Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905.'' New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. {{ISBN|0-8317-0302-4}}.
*[[Albert Nofi|Nofi, Albert A.]] ''The Spanish–American War, 1898''. Conshohocken, Pennsylvania:Combined Books, Inc., 1996. {{ISBN|0-938289-57-8}}.

==External links==
*[http://www.spanamwar.com/Donantonio.htm The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: ''Don Antonio de Ulloa'']
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/spain/spsh-ag/c-venad.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: ''Conde del Venadito'' (Cruiser, 1888–1902)]

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