"Don Carlos I' Cruiser and Bugio Lighthouse watercolour on paper Portuguese school 19th C. (late) small moisture stains Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 19 x 10 cm Notes: The 'Don Carlos I' Cruiser was a ship built for the Portuguese Navy in 1899 at the Newcastle shipyards, England. Baptized with the name of the reigning monarch in Portugal at the time, it had its name changed, after the Implementation of the Republic, to 'NRP Almirante Reis', in memory of Admiral Carlos Cândido dos Reis. Considered the largest Portuguese combat ship, it was shot down from the Armada, and dismantled in the Netherlands in 1925.