Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel

Infanta Isabel was a Velasco-class cruiser 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. 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, then to Havana, Cuba, arriving in New York on 18 May on the Infanta Isabel, before making her way to Washington, D.C., where she was received by President Grover Cleveland at the White House. The Infanta Isabel stayed on in New York as a part of the Grand Naval Review there.

In early January 1903, Infanta Isabel was sent to Morocco, to protect Spanish citizens and interests during the unrest there.

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