Plutón
Torpedo Boat Destroyer · Spain · Lost 1898 · Cuba & the Greater Antilles
Sister ship of Furor, destroyed alongside her in the same doomed breakout from Santiago harbor.
The Vessel and Her Loss
Plutón was the third of Spain's Furor-class destroyers, built in Scotland and attached to Admiral Cervera's Caribbean squadron. Blockaded at Santiago de Cuba, she joined the desperate sortie of July 3, 1898, and was quickly wrecked and destroyed under heavy American fire, one of four Spanish warships lost that day.
Vessel
- 1897
- Clydebank Engineering & Shipbuilding Co.
- Clydebank, Scotland
- Steel
- 225 ft
- 23 ft
- 400
- Steam, twin screw
- Spanish Navy
Loss
- July 3, 1898
- Enemy action
- Off Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
- Caribbean Sea
- Santiago de Cuba
- Not established
- Not established
- Casualty figures for Plutón's crew specifically are not established in the sources reviewed.
- Not established
The Wreck Today
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Position
- Not established
- Position not established
- Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Evidence
Overall confidence: Partially documented (65/100)
Precise casualty figures and the exact wreck position are not established in the sources reviewed.
Wikipedia: Spanish destroyer Plutón (sourced to naval histories)
Build details, career, and loss at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
spanamwar.com (Spanish-American War historical resource)
Construction history and operational account of the destroyer action.
