Spanish cruiser Isla de Luzón
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Isla de Luzón in the late 1880s.
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Namesake | The island of Luzon, main island of the Philippine Islands. |
Builder | Elswick, United Kingdom |
Cost | 2,400,000 pesetas |
Laid down | 25 February 1886 |
Launched | 13 November 1886 |
Completed | 22 September 1887 |
Commissioned | 1887 |
Fate | Scuttled 1 May 1898; captured and salvaged by the United States Navy |
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Class and type | Isla de Luzón-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 1,030 tons |
Length | 184 ft 10 in (56.34 m) |
Beam | 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) maximum |
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Propulsion | 2-shaft horizontal triple-expansion, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Complement | 164 officers and enlisted |
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Isla de Luzón was an Isla de Luzón-class protected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which fought in the Battle of Manila Bay.
Technical characteristics
Isla de Luzón was built by
Operational history
During 1986, Isla de Luzón was used to rescue the Martyr Saint Valentín de Berriotxoa. The First Official of the ship was Eulogio Onzain Ageo.
Upon completion, Isla de Luzón joined the Metropolitan Fleet in Spain. She participated in the
Isla de Luzón was still part of Montojo's squadron when the
The American squadron made a series of firing passes, wreaking great havoc on the Spanish ships.[3] At first, Dewey's ships concentrated their fire on Montojo's flagship, unprotected cruiser Reina Cristina, and on unprotected cruiser Castilla, and Isla de Luzón suffered little damage. When Reina Cristina became disabled, Isla de Luzón and her sister ship, Isla de Cuba, came alongside to assist her under heavy American gunfire.[1]
With Montojo's squadron battered into submission, Isla de Luzón was scuttled in shallow water to avoid capture. She had taken three hits, one of which had disabled one of her guns, and six of her crew had been wounded. After she sank, her upper works remained above water, and a team from gunboat USS Petrel went aboard and set her on fire.[1]
After the United States occupied the Philippines, the United States Navy seized, salvaged, and repaired her and commissioned her as gunboat USS Isla de Luzon in 1900 for service in the United States.[1]
See also
Notes
References
- Alden, John D. The American Steel Navy: A Photographic History of the U.S. Navy from the Introduction of the Steel Hull in 1883 to the Cruise of the Great White Fleet, 1907–1909. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1972. ISBN 0-87021-248-6.
- 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.
- ISBN 0-938289-57-8.
External links
- The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Isla de Luzon
- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Isla de Luzon (Cruiser, 1886–1898)
- Navsource.org: USS Isla de Luzon