Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel

An unidentified Velasco-class (here called "Infanta Isabel-class") cruiser in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Infanta Isabel
History
Spain
Name: Infanta Isabel
Namesake: Isabella, Princess of Asturias
Builder: Naval shipyard Cadiz
Laid down: 1883
Launched: 26 June 1885
Completed: 1888 or 1889
Fate: Stricken 1927
General characteristics
Class and type: Velasco-class unprotected cruiser
Displacement: 1,152 tons
Length: 210 ft 0 in (64.01 m)
Beam: 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft: 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum
Installed power: 1,500 ihp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion: 1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
Sail plan: Barque-rigged
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement:
  • As built: 173 officers and enlisted
  • By 1921: 194 officers and enlisted
Armament:
  • As built
  • 4 × 4.7 in (119 mm) guns
  • 4 × 6 pdr guns
  • 1 × machine gun
  • 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
  • By 1921
  • 1 × 66 mm (2.6 in) gun
  • 10 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
Notes: 200 to 220 tons of coal (normal)

Infanta Isabel was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.

Technical characteristics

Infanta Isabel was built at the naval shipyard at Cadiz. Her keel was laid in 1883 and the ship was launched on 26 June 1885. The vessel was completed in 1888 or 1889. She had one rather tall funnel. Infanta Isabel had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.

Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one 66 mm (2.6 in) and ten 57 mm (2.2 in) guns and her complement had risen to 194. She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class.

References

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