HISTORY
Pelayo was an ironclad battleship of the Spanish Navy which served
in the Spanish fleet from 1888 to 1925. She was the first battleship
and the most powerful unit of the Spanish Navy. Despite its modern
design for the time, Pelayo and the rest of the Spanish Asia-Pacific
Rescue Squadron never engaged in combat during the Spanish–American
War. Some historians argue the battleship, along with Armored
Cruiser Carlos V, would have changed the course of the war
dramatically, leading to a posible Spanish victory, thus
consolidating Spain's status as a colonial power.
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