Velasco-class cruiser Infanta Isabel in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Don Juan de Austria
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History | |
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Spain | |
Name | Don Juan de Austria |
Namesake | John of Austria |
Builder | Naval shipyard, Cartagena, Spain |
Laid down | 1883 |
Launched | 23 January 1887 |
Completed | 1888 or 1889 |
Fate | Sunk 1 May 1898; captured and salvaged by U.S. Navy |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Velasco-class unprotected cruiser |
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) |
Complement | 173 officers and enlisted |
Armament |
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Notes | 200 to 220 tons of coal (normal) |
Don Juan de Austria was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy that fought in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.