INFANTA ISABEL ( CRUISER)
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2024 4:11 pm
Infanta Isabel was built at the naval shipyard at Cadiz ( Arsenal de La Carraca). Her keel was laid in 1883 and the ship was launched on 24 June 1885. The vessel was completed in 1887. She had one rather tall funnel. Infanta Isabel had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.
Displacement 1,152 tons
Length 210 ft 0 in (64.01 m)
Beam 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum
Installed power 1,500 ihp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion 1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
Sail plan Barque-rigged
Speed 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911 and was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class..
Source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_c ... nta_Isabel
History and more information.
https://vidamaritima.com/2009/12/d-joaq ... ta-isabel/
Image take from
https://www.casamerica.es/sociedad/viaj ... viii-y-xix
Stamp.ATM.Spain 2002.
https://filatelia.correos.es/es/es/rinc ... nta-isabel
Displacement 1,152 tons
Length 210 ft 0 in (64.01 m)
Beam 32 ft 0 in (9.75 m)
Draft 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum
Installed power 1,500 ihp (1,100 kW)
Propulsion 1-shaft, horizontal compound, 4-cylinder boilers
Sail plan Barque-rigged
Speed 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911 and was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class..
Source. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_c ... nta_Isabel
History and more information.
https://vidamaritima.com/2009/12/d-joaq ... ta-isabel/
Image take from
https://www.casamerica.es/sociedad/viaj ... viii-y-xix
Stamp.ATM.Spain 2002.
https://filatelia.correos.es/es/es/rinc ... nta-isabel