Velasco-class cruiser

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An unidentified Velasco-class (here called "Infanta Isabel-class") cruiser in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s
Class overview
Name	Velasco
Builders	Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. Leamouth, London, UK; Cadiz, Cartagena, and Ferrol, Spain
Built	1881–1889
In commission	1881–1927
Planned	8
Completed	8
Lost	5
Retired	3
General characteristics
Class and type	Velasco
Type	unprotected cruiser
Displacement	1,152 tons
Length	210 ft (64 m)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m) maximum
Sail plan	barque-rigged
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h)
Complement	173; Infanta Isabel 194 by 1921.
Armament	Velasco and Gravina: 2 × 6-inch (152 mm) guns 2 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns 2 × machine guns 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes Others as built: 4 × 120-millimetre (4.7 in) guns 4 × 57 mm 6-pounder guns 1 × machine gun 2 × 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes Infanta Isabel by 1921: 1 × 66 mm gun 10 × 57 mm 6-pounder guns
Armor	none
Notes	200 to 220 tons of coal (normal)

The Velasco class of unprotected cruisers was a series of eight cruisers built during the 1880s for service with the Spanish Navy. They were named after Luis Vicente de Velasco.