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Isla de Luzon

Isla de Luzon

Scuttled

Spanish Navy, then United States Navy

TypeProtected cruiser
WarSpanish–American War
Main guns6 × 4.7″ guns

Service

1887–1899Isla de Luzon
Spain
from 1899Isla de Luzon

Raised and commissioned by the US Navy

USA

Sister of Isla de Cuba. Scuttled at Manila Bay; raised by the US Navy.

Spanish Navy cruiser Isla de Luzón in the late 1880s. Photo: Naval History and Heritage Command, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns
  • 8 × 6 pdr quick-firing guns
  • 4 × machine guns
  • 3 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes

Armour

  • Deck: 2.5–1 in (64–25 mm)
  • Conning tower: 2 in (51 mm)
BuilderElswick, United Kingdom
Laid down25 February 1886
Launched13 November 1886
Commissioned1887
Displacement1,030 tons
Length184 ft 10 in (56.34 m)
Speed14.2 kn (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) (natural draft) 15.9 kn (29.4 km/h; 18.3 mph) (forced draft)
Complement164 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

13 November 1886

Battle of Manila Bay
Scuttled

1 May 1898

Joined the United States Navy

1899 · Raised and commissioned by the US Navy