Vitoria was an iron-hulled Spanish Navy armored frigate commissioned in 1868. She took part on the rebel side in the Glorious Revolution of 1868. She participated on both sides during the Cantonal Rebellion of 1873–1874, first on the side of the Canton of Cartagena and then, after her crew surrendered to neutral warships, on the side of the central government of the First Spanish Republic. During the rebellion, she played a major role on the central government side in the Battle of Portmán in 1873. Vitoria bombarded rebel towns in northern Spain in 1875 during the Third Carlist War. She was reconstructed in the late 1890s and reclassified as a coast defense ship, serving as such during the Spanish-American War in 1898. She was hulked in 1903 and thereafter hosted training activities until 1907. She was decommissioned in 1908 and stricken and scrapped in 1912.
1877-04-08, La Ilustración Española y Americana, Páginas 232 y 233 (cropped) Cádiz, Aspecto del fondeadero de puntales y situación de las escuadras española, británica y de la empresa A. Lopez y C.ª en el momento de dirigirse
1877-04-08, La Ilustración Española y Americana, Páginas 232 y 233 (cropped) Cádiz, Aspecto del fondeadero de puntales y situación de las escuadras española, británica y de la empresa A. Lopez y C.ª en el momento de dirigirse
Naval battle off Cartagena 1873-10-11
The Naval Engagement off Cartagena - The Graphic 1873
The warships Tetuan and Vitoria exchanging broadsides, 1873, engraving
Bombardeo por las fragatas insurrectas Vitoria y Almansa, Almería
International squadron at Escombreras
Battle of Portmán
Combat naval de Carthagène, entre les frégates insurgées et la flotte du gouvernement de Madrid