Portuguese ironclad Vasco da Gama

Vasco da Gama at the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal in 1895
History
Portugal
Name	Vasco da Gama
Namesake	Vasco da Gama
Builder	Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, London
Laid down	1875
Launched	1 December 1875
Completed	1878
Fate	Broken up in 1935
General characteristics
Displacement	2,384 t (2,346 long tons; 2,628 short tons)
Length	200 ft (61 m) pp
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	3,000 ihp (2,200 kW)
Sail plan	Barquentine rig
Speed	10.3 knots (19.1 km/h; 11.9 mph)
Complement	232 men
Armament	2 × 10.2 in (260 mm) guns 1 × 5.9 in (150 mm) gun 4 × 9-pounder guns
Armor	Belt: 9 in (230 mm) Battery: 10 in (250 mm)

Vasco da Gama was an ironclad of the Portuguese Navy built in the 1870s by the Thames Iron Works in London. Ordered to strengthen the defenses of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, Vasco da Gama was launched in 1875 and completed in 1878. She served as the flagship of the Portuguese fleet for the majority of her long and peaceful career. She was rebuilt and heavily modernized between 1901 and 1903. Her crew was involved in revolts in 1913 and 1914; during the latter event, they bombarded Lisbon and killed around one hundred people. Long-since obsolete by the 1930s, Vasco da Gama was finally sold for scrapping in 1935.