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	An unidentified Velasco-class (here called "Infanta Isabel-class") cruiser in U.S. waters during the 1880s or 1890s, showing the appearance of Cristóbal Colón
History
Spain
Name	Cristóbal Colón
Namesake	Christopher Columbus
Builder	La Carraca shipyard, Cadiz, Spain
Launched	1887
Completed	1888 or 1889
Fate	Foundered 29 September 1895
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); made 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) on sea trials;
Complement	173 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4.7-inch (119 mm) guns; 2 × 6 pounder guns; 1 × machine gun; 2 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes;
Notes	200 to 220 tons of coal (normal)

Cristóbal Colón was a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.

Technical characteristics

Cristóbal Colón was built at La Carraca shipyard, Cadiz, Spain. Her keel was laid in 1883. She had one rather tall funnel. The ship had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque. The cruiser made 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) on sea trials, probably the highest speed attained by a cruiser of this class.

Operational history

Cristóbal Colón was sent to the Caribbean and foundered near Pinar del Río, Cuba, on 29 September 1895. A hurricane passing through the area broke up her wreck on 1 October 1895.

References

Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Eds. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. New York, New York: Mayflower Books Inc., 1979. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.