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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| Name: | Isabel II |
| Namesake: | Queen Isabella II of Spain. |
| Builder: | Ferrol |
| Laid down: | 1883 |
| Launched: | 19 February 1886 |
| Completed: | 1888 or 1889 |
| Fate: | Stricken 1907 |
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| 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 |
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| Notes: | 200 to 220 tons of coal (normal) |
Isabel II was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy. The ship fought at San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the Spanish–American War.
Isabel II was built at the naval shipyard at Ferrol. Her keel was laid in 1883 and the ship was launched on 19 February 1886. Isabel II was completed in 1888 or 1889. She had one rather tall funnel. She had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.
When the Spanish–American War began in April 1898, Isabel II was at San Juan, Puerto Rico. The U.S. Navy established a permanent blockade of San Juan on 18 June 1898.
On 22 June 1898, Isabel II, gunboat General Concha, and destroyer Terror came out of port to test the blockade, resulting in the Second Battle of San Juan. The auxiliary cruiser USS St. Paul moved in, resulting in a short, running gun battle, from which the Spanish quickly broke away. Isabel II and General Concha could go no faster than 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph); Terror made a torpedo run on St. Paul to cover their retreat, and was badly damaged by gunfire from St. Paul, but all three Spanish ships made it back into port at San Juan. Two men had been killed aboard Terror, the only casualties either side suffered during the battle.
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