| Name | Juan Sebastian de Elcano |
| Namesake | Juan Sebastián Elcano |
| Operator | Spanish Navy |
| Ordered | 17 April 1925 |
| Builder | Echevarrieta y Larrinaga yard, Cadiz, Spain |
| Cost | 8,189,532,28 pesetas[1](€49,220)[2] |
| Launched | 5 March 1927 |
| Commissioned | August, 1928 |
| Maiden voyage | 19 April 1928 |
| Homeport | Cadiz, Spain |
| Identification | |
| Status | Active |
| Notes | training ship |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics |
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| Displacement | 3673 tons |
| Length | 113 m (371 ft) |
| Beam | 13.11 m (43.0 ft) |
| Height | 48.5 m (159 ft) |
| Draft | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Sail plan | four-masted barquentine; 21 sails, total sail area of 2,870 m2 (30,900 sq ft)[3] |
| Speed |
- max 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) engine
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) sail
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| Complement | 300 sailors, 90 midshipmen |
| Armament | 2 × 57 mm ceremonial gun mounts |
