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{{Short description|Cruiser of Spanish Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Expand Spanish|Infanta Isabel (1883)|date=August 2022}}

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|Ship name= ''Infanta Isabel''
|Ship namesake=[[Isabella, Princess of Asturias (1851-1931)|Isabella, Princess of Asturias]]
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|Ship class={{sclass|Velasco|cruiser|0}} [[unprotected cruiser]]
|Ship displacement=1,152&nbsp;tons
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|Ship draft={{convert|13|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} maximum
|Ship power={{convert|1,500|ihp|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
|Ship sail plan=[[Barque]]-rigged
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|Ship complement=*As built: 173 officers and enlisted
*By 1921: 194 officers and enlisted
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*4 × [[Gonzalez Hontoria de 12 cm mod 1883|{{convert|4.7|in|mm|adj=on|0}}]] guns
*4 × [[QF 6 pounder Nordenfelt|6&nbsp;pdr]] guns
*1 × machine gun
*2 × {{convert|14|in|mm|abbr=on|0}} [[torpedo tube]]s
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*1 × {{convert|66|mm|abbr=on|1}} gun
*10 × {{convert|57|mm|abbr=on|1}} guns
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'''''Infanta Isabel''''' was a {{sclass|Velasco|cruiser|0}} [[unprotected cruiser]] of the [[Spanish Navy]].

==Technical characteristics==
[[File:'Infanta Ysabel,' Spanish flagship (14868320420).jpg|left|thumb|''Infanta Isabel'' in 1893]]

''Infanta Isabel'' was built at the naval shipyard at [[Cadiz]]. Her [[keel]] was laid in 1883 and the ship was [[Ship naming and launching|launched]] on 24 June 1885.<ref>[https://armada.defensa.gob.es/archivo/mardigitalrevistas/rhn/2021/150/N150Art2.pdf EL GRAVE ACCIDENTE DEL CRUCERO INFANTA ISABEL OCURRIDO EL DÍA 3 DE AGOSTO DE 1900, EN LA CONCHA DE SAN SEBASTIÁN] (Spanish) REVISTA DE HISTORIA NAVAL Número 150, pp. 33-48 ISSN: 012-467-X (edición en papel) ISSN: 2530-0873 (edición en línea)</ref> 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 of Spain|Infanta Eulalia]] visited the [[United States]]; she traveled first to [[Puerto Rico]],<ref>"Cartas a Isabel II, 1893: Mi viaje a Cuba y Estados Unidos" by Eulalia de Borbón, Infanta de España, pgs. 30–33.</ref> then to [[Havana]], [[Cuba]],<ref>"Court Circular", ''The Times'' ( 10 May 1893): 5.</ref> arriving in New York on 18 May on the ''Infanta Isabel'',<ref name="Boston Daily Globe 19 May 1893">{{cite news |title=Eulalia is here |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-may-19-1893-p-11/ |accessdate=3 July 2018 |issue=Friday Evening |date=19 May 1893 |page=1 |quote=Eulalia is here. Spanish Infanta arrives in New York}}</ref> before making her way to [[Washington, D.C.]], where she was received by President [[Grover Cleveland]] at the [[White House]].<ref>''The Times'' ( 22 May 1893): 7.</ref> The Infanta Isabel stayed on in New York as a part of the Grand Naval Review there.<ref name="The Sun 30 April 1893">{{cite news |last1=Foster |first1=Al |title=Grand Naval Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?spot=21485487 |accessdate=3 July 2018 |publisher=The Sun (New York, New York) |date=30 April 1893 |page=9 |format=Advert |quote=Grand Naval Review on Monday, May 1 Steamer Al Foster...}}</ref>

In early January 1903, ''Infanta Isabel'' was sent to Morocco, to protect Spanish citizens and interests during the unrest there.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence - The Revolt in Morocco |date=1 January 1903 |page=3 |issue=36966}}</ref>

''Infanta Isabel'' was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one {{convert|66|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} and ten {{convert|57|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} guns and her complement had risen to 194.  She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class.

==References==
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*Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905.'' New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. {{ISBN|0-8317-0302-4}}.
*Gray, Randal, Ed. ''Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921.'' Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985. {{ISBN|0-87021-907-3}}.

==External links==
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/spain/spsh-hl/i-isabel.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: ''Infanta Isabel'' (Cruiser, 1885–1926)]

{{Velasco class cruiser}}

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[[Category:Ships built in Spain]]
[[Category:1885 ships]]