Infanta Isabel was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.

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Infanta Isabel in New York, May 1893
History
Spain
Name	Infanta Isabel
Namesake	Isabella, Princess of Asturias
Builder	Naval shipyard Cadiz
Laid down	1883
Launched	24 June 1885
Completed	1887
Fate	Stricken 1927
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	As built: 173 officers and enlisted By 1921: 194 officers and enlisted
Armament	As built 4 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns 4 × 6 pdr guns 1 × machine gun 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes By 1921 1 × 66 mm (2.6 in) gun 10 × 57 mm (2.2 in) guns
Notes	200 to 220 tons of coal (normal)

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Infanta Isabel was built at the naval shipyard at Cadiz. Her keel was laid in 1883 and the ship was launched on 24 June 1885.^[1] The vessel was completed in 1887. She had one rather tall funnel. Infanta Isabel had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque.

In May 1893 Infanta Eulalia visited the United States; she traveled first to Puerto Rico,^[2] then to Havana, Cuba,^[3] arriving in New York on 18 May on the Infanta Isabel,^[4] before making her way to Washington, D.C., where she was received by President Grover Cleveland at the White House.^[5] The Infanta Isabel stayed on in New York as a part of the Grand Naval Review there.^[6]

In early January 1903, Infanta Isabel was sent to Morocco, to protect Spanish citizens and interests during the unrest there.^[7]

Infanta Isabel was rebuilt in 1911, and by 1921 her armament had become one 66 mm (2.6 in) and ten 57 mm (2.2 in) guns and her complement had risen to 194. She was stricken in 1927, by far the longest-lived ship of her class.