Spanish ship Numancia
List of ships with the same or similar names
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Three ships of the Spanish Navy have borne the name Numancia, after the Siege of Numantia of 134–133 BC during the Numantine War:
- Numancia, ex-Russian ship Lübeck, a 74-gun ship of the line purchased from the Imperial Russian Navy in 1818, disarmed in 1820, and sold in 1822.
- Spanish ironclad Numancia, an armoured frigate, a type of broadside ironclad, commissioned in 1864 and stricken in 1912, the first ironclad warship to circumnavigate the world.
- Spanish frigate Numancia, a Santa María-class frigate commissioned in 1989.