Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel


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 26 June 1885. The vessel was completed in 1888 or 1889. 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.
Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one and ten guns and her complement had risen to 194. She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class.