Spanish Cruisers Isla de Luzon and
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Cuba
Isla de Luzon
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GENERAL:
ISLA DE LUZON and ISLA DE CUBA were two small Spanish Cruisers which
served with Admiral Montojo's Philippine
Squadron. After the Admiral's flagship REINA CHRISTINA was disabled during
the Battle of Manila Bay, Montojo transfered his
flag to ISLE DE CUBA. Both cruisers were salvaged by the US Navy after the
war and recommissioned as gunboats.
TECHNOTES:
ISLA DE LUZON
| Classification: |
|
Cruiser |
| Laid down: |
|
February 25, 1886 |
| Launched: |
|
November 13, 1886 |
| Completed: |
|
September 22, 1887 |
| Rig: |
|
Two masts, schooner rig |
| Armament: |
|
Four 4" guns |
|
|
Four 6 pounders |
|
|
Three 14" torpedo tubes |
| Contractor: |
|
Elswick, (UK) |
| Length: |
|
195 feet |
| Beam: |
|
30 feet |
| Draft: |
|
11.5 feet |
| Displacement: |
|
1020 tons |
| Complement: |
|
140 Officers and Enlisted Men |
| Engine type: |
|
Horizontal triple-expansion engines, 535 hp. Two
shafts. |
| Boiler type: |
|
Two boilers |
| Speed: |
|
11.5 knots |
| Armor: |
|
1 - 2.5" deck, 2" casemate |
ISLA DE CUBA
| Classification: |
|
Cruiser |
| Laid down: |
|
February 25, 1886 |
| Launched: |
|
December 11, 1886 |
| Completed: |
|
September 22, 1887 |
| Rig: |
|
Two masts, schooner rig |
| Armament: |
|
Four 4" guns |
|
|
Four 6 pounders |
|
|
Three 14" torpedo tubes |
| Contractor: |
|
Elswick, (UK) |
| Length: |
|
197 feet |
| Beam: |
|
30 feet |
| Draft: |
|
11.5 feet |
| Displacement: |
|
950 tons |
| Complement: |
|
140 Officers and Enlisted Men |
| Engine type: |
|
Horizontal triple-expansion engines, 800 hp. Two
shafts. |
| Boiler type: |
|
Two boilers |
| Speed: |
|
13 knots |
| Armor: |
|
1 - 2.5" deck, 2" casemate |
Naval History Department, Navy Department, Dictionary of American
Naval Fighting Ships. (Washington DC: Government Printing Office,
1959).
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