List of cruisers of Spain
Appearance
Unprotected cruisers
[edit]- Aragon class
- Aragon (1879) - Hulked 1896
- Navarra (1881) - Either hulked 1896 or became cadet training ship 1900 (sources differ)
- Castilla (1881) - Sunk at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898
- Alfonso XII class
- Alfonso XII (1887) - Sold 1907
- Reina Cristina (1887) - Sunk at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898
- Reina Mercedes (1887) - Scuttled 1898; salvaged by United States Navy; became USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25)
- Velasco class
- Velasco (1881) - Sunk at the Battle of Manila Bay 1898
- Gravina (1881) - Sank 1885
- Infanta Isabel (1885) - Stricken c. 1927
- Isabel II (1886) - Stricken c. 1905
- Cristóbal Colón (1887) - Sank 1895
- Don Juan de Austria (1887) - Sunk at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898, refloated
- Don Antonio de Ulloa (1887) - Sunk at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898
- Conde del Venadito (1888) - Stricken c. 1905
Protected cruisers
[edit]- Isla de Luzón class
- Isla de Luzón (1886) - Captured by the United States at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898; became USS Isla de Luzon (1886)
- Isla de Cuba (1886) - Captured by the United States at the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898; became USS Isla de Cuba (1886)
- Marques de la Ensenada (1890)
- Reina Regente class
- Reina Regente (1887) - Sank 1895
- Alfonso XIII (1891) - Scrapped early 1900s
- Lepanto (1892)
- Rio de la Plata (1898) — Based on the French D’Entrecasteaux but larger at 422 feet (129 m) long.
- Extremadura (1900)
- Reina Regente (1906)
Armoured cruisers
[edit]- Infanta Maria Teresa class
- Infanta Maria Teresa (1890) - Sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 1898
- Vizcaya (1891) - Sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba 1898
- Almirante Oquendo (1891) - Sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 1898
- Emperador Carlos V (1895)
- Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi class
- Cristóbal Colón (1897) - Sunk at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, 1898
- Princesa de Asturias class
- Princesa de Asturias (1896)
- Cardenal Cisneros (1897) - Wrecked 1905
- Cataluña (1900)
Light and scout cruisers
[edit]- Navarra (ex-Republica, ex-Reina Victoria Eugenia) (1923)
- Blas de Lezo class
- Blas de Lezo (1925) - Wrecked 1932
- Mendez Nunez (1924) - converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser[1]
- Almirante Cervera class
- Almirante Cervera (1928)
- Galicia (ex-Libertad, ex-Principe Alfonso) (1927)
- Miguel de Cervantes (1930)
Heavy cruisers
[edit]- Canarias class
- Canarias (1936)
- Baleares (1936) - Sunk at the Battle of Cape Palos, 1938
Notes
[edit]- ^ Friedman, Norman "Anti-Aircraft Cruisers: The Life of a Class" United States Naval Institute Proceedings January 1965 p.96