Spanish cruiser Isabel II
An unidentified Velasco-class (here called "Infanta Isabel-class") cruiser in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Isabel II
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History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Isabel II |
Namesake | Queen Isabella II of Spain . |
Builder | Ferrol |
Laid down | 1883 |
Launched | 19 February 1886 |
Completed | 1888–89 |
Fate | Stricken 1907 |
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 | 173 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Notes | 200 to 220 tons of coal (normal) |
Isabel II was a
.Technical characteristics
Isabel II was built at the naval shipyard at
Operational history
When the
On 22 June 1898, Isabel II,
On 28 June 1898, Isabel II, General Concha, and gunboat Ponce de Leon sortied to assist a Spanish blockade runner, the merchant steamer Antonio Lopez, make it into San Juan's harbor. The three Spanish warships exchanged long-range gunfire with St. Paul, Yosemite, and the cruiser New Orleans, with neither side scoring any hits. When it became clear that Antonio Lopez would not be able to get past the Americans, the Spanish warships returned to port, where they spent the rest of the war. Antonio López ran aground, but most of her cargo was successfully unloaded by the Spanish.[3]
Isabel II returned to Spain after the end of the war. She was stricken in 1907.[4]
Notes
References
- Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- Gray, Randal, Ed. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- ISBN 0-938289-57-8.