Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel
Infanta Isabel at New York City in May 1893. | |
| History | |
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| Spain | |
| Name | Infanta Isabel |
| Namesake | Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti (1851–1931) |
| Ordered | 1 July 1882 |
| Builder | Arsenal de La Carraca, San Fernando, Spain |
| Cost | 1,150,000 pesetas. |
| Laid down | 19 August 1883 |
| Launched | 24 June 1885 |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Decommissioned | 1926 |
| Stricken | 1927 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1927 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Velasco-class unprotected cruiser |
| Displacement | 1,152 tons |
| Length | 64.01 m (210 ft 0 in) |
| Beam | 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in) |
| Height | 5.33 m (17 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in) maximum |
| Installed power | 1,500 ihp (1,119 kW) |
| Propulsion | Horizontal compound steam engine, 4-cylinder boilers, 1 shaft; 200 to 220 tons coal (normal), 240 tons coal (maximum) |
| Sail plan | |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Range | 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi) |
| Complement |
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Infanta Isabel was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy in commission from 1887 to 1926. Her 39 years in commission made her the longest-lived ship of the Velasco class. She was the first metal-hulled cruiser built in Spain.
Infanta Isabel was named for Infanta Isabel, Countess of Girgenti and Princess of Asturias (1851–1931), oldest daughter of Queen Isabella II of Spain and her husband Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz, and heiress presumptive to the Spanish throne from 1851 to 1857.