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Was Pelayo being rebuilt into a pre-dreadnought?

Pelayo's extensive modernization complicates a simple classification of the ship as an ironclad or pre-dreadnought.

Naval Modernisation Pelayo Warship Classification

Question

Was Pelayo being rebuilt into a pre-dreadnought battleship?

Short answer

She was undergoing heavy modernization, although calling it a technical conversion into a pre-dreadnought would be inaccurate.

Notes

Pelayo's reconstruction explains the hesitation over her classification. The work amounted to heavy modernization. It did not technically convert her into a pre-dreadnought.