Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel explained
Infanta Isabel was a
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 24 June 1885.[1] The vessel was completed in 1887. She had one rather tall funnel. Infanta Isabel had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.
Visit to the United States
In May 1893 Infanta Eulalia visited the United States; she traveled first to Puerto Rico,[2] then to Havana, Cuba,[3] arriving in New York on 18 May on the Infanta Isabel,[4] before making her way to Washington, D.C., where she was received by President Grover Cleveland at the White House.[5] The Infanta Isabel stayed on in New York as a part of the Grand Naval Review there.[6]
In early January 1903, Infanta Isabel was sent to Morocco, to protect Spanish citizens and interests during the unrest there.[7]
Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one 66abbr=onNaNabbr=on and ten 57abbr=onNaNabbr=on guns and her complement had risen to 194. She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class.
References
- https://armada.defensa.gob.es/archivo/mardigitalrevistas/rhn/2021/150/N150Art2.pdf EL GRAVE ACCIDENTE DEL CRUCERO INFANTA ISABEL OCURRIDO EL DÍA 3 DE AGOSTO DE 1900, EN LA CONCHA DE SAN SEBASTIÁN
- "Cartas a Isabel II, 1893: Mi viaje a Cuba y Estados Unidos" by Eulalia de Borbón, Infanta de España, pgs. 30–33.
- "Court Circular", The Times (10 May 1893): 5.
- News: Eulalia is here . 3 July 2018 . Friday Evening . 19 May 1893 . 1 . Eulalia is here. Spanish Infanta arrives in New York.
- The Times (22 May 1893): 7.
- News: Foster . Al . Grand Naval Review . 3 July 2018 . The Sun (New York, New York) . 30 April 1893 . 9 . Advert . Grand Naval Review on Monday, May 1 Steamer Al Foster....
- Latest Intelligence - The Revolt in Morocco . 1 January 1903 . 3 . 36966.
- 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. .
- Gray, Randal, Ed. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. .
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