Photo #: NH 46866
Spanish Cruiser of the Infanta Isabel Class
Photographed in U.S. waters, with the river steamer Angler in the
background, circa the 1880s or 1890s. This class of small cruisers included
the Infanta Isabel (1885-1926), Isabel II (1886-1902), Cristobal
Colon (1887-1895), Conde del Venadito (1888-1902), Don Antonio
de Uloa (1887-1898), and Don Juan de Austria (1887-1898). The
latter two ships were lost in the Battle of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, along
with the Velasco (1881-1898), a ship of similar design.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 53277
Isla de Luzon
(Spanish Cruiser, 1886-1898)
Photographed circa the later 1880s. This small cruiser was lost in the Battle
of Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, but was salvaged and entered U.S. Navy service
under her Spanish name.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 88604
Isla de Cuba
(Spanish Cruiser, 1886-1898)
Photographed soon after completion, probably in a British port. This small
cruiser was lost at Manila Bay, 1 May 1898, but was salvaged and entered
U.S. Navy service under her Spanish name. She was sold in 1912, and became
the Venezuelan navy ship Mariscal Sucre.
Copied from Office of Naval Intelligence Album of Foreign Warships.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 63230
Furor
(Spanish Torpedo Boat Destroyer, 1896-1898)
Running builder's trials in British waters, circa 1896. Furor and
the similar Pluton were sunk in the Battle of Santiago, 3 July 1898.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 88601
Pizarro
(Spanish Gunboat, 1895-1898)
Photographed during early 1896, while on builder's trials near Clydebank,
Scotland. Pizarro was scuttled by her crew at Nuevitas, on the northeastern
coast of Cuba, in early August 1898.
Copied from Office of Naval Intelligence Album of Foreign Warships.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 44246
USS Sandoval
(1895-1919)
Photographed in 1898, shortly after entering U.S. Navy service. She was
a former Spanish gunboat, captured at Santiago, Cuba, on 17 July 1898.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94371
Covadonga
(Spanish naval steamship, 1884-1911)
Probably photographed at Port Said, Egypt, during her service with Admiral
Camara's squadron, June-July 1898. This force, sent from Spain to relieve
the Philippines, passed Port Said eastbound on 22 June 1898, and westbound
on 11 July.
Covadonga was requisitioned for naval service in 1898, and soon returned
to merchant service. Built as the British Tainui, she was scrapped
as Astoria in 1911.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 46856
Alicante
(Spanish Hospital Ship, 1898)
Photographed in 1898.
Collection of Naval Cadet C.R. Miller.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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