Spanish cruiser Isla de Luzón
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Isla de Luzón was an Isla de Luzón-class protected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which fought in the Battle of Manila Bay.
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Isla de Luzón in the late 1880s. | |
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Namesake | The island of Luzon, main island of the Philippine Islands. |
Builder | Elswick, United Kingdom |
Cost | 2,400,000 pesetas |
Laid down | 25 February 1886 |
Launched | 13 November 1886 |
Completed | 22 September 1887 |
Commissioned | 1887 |
Fate | Scuttled 1 May 1898; captured and salvaged by the United States Navy |
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Class and type | Isla de Luzón-class protected cruiser |
Displacement | 1,030 tons |
Length | 184 ft 10 in (56.34 m) |
Beam | 29 ft 11 in (9.12 m) |
Draft | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) maximum |
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Propulsion | 2-shaft horizontal triple-expansion, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Complement | 164 officers and enlisted |
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