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The Galicia (formerly the Libertad and originally known as the Principe Alfonso) was a Spanish first class cruiser of 7475 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Galicia was powered by eight Yarrow oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 8000 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 564 and was armed with eight 6 inch guns; four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; two 3 pdr anti-aircraft guns; one machine-gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in triples in revolving mounts on the upper deck.
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The Libertad was a British-built Argentinean cruiser of 2595 tons displacement launched in 1891. The Libertad was powered by four double cylindrical boilers converted to burn oil between 1925 and 1927 providing a top speed of 13 knots. The Libertad carried a complement of 196 and was armed with two 9.4 inch Krupp guns; four 4.7 inch guns and four 3-pdr guns.
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HMS Triumph was a British first class battleship of 11,985 tons launched in 1903. She was built for the Chilean navy and launched as the Libertad, but was bought by the British navy. HMS Triumph had a top speed of 19 knots and was armed with four 10 inch guns; fourteen 7.5 inch guns and fourteen 14-pdr guns. Transferred to the naval reserve in 1912, she was recommissioned on the outbreak of the Great War only to be torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U51 on May the 26th 1915 while shelling Turkish positions on the Gallipoli Peninsular,
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