Isla de Luzon 1898
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Isla de Luzon (ex-Isla de Luzon) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 2/1886 | 13.11.1886 | 9.1887 // 4.1900 | loaned to Naval Militia 12.1907, stricken 7.1919 | ||
| Isla de Cuba (ex-Isla de Cuba) | Armstrong, Elswick, UK | 2/1886 | 11.12.1886 | 9.1887 // 4.1900 | loaned to Naval Militia 3.1907, to Venezuela 4.1912 (Mariscal Sucre) |
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Displacement normal, t |
Isla de Luzon: 1020 Isla de Cuba: 950 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
Isla de Luzon: 59.4 Isla de Cuba: 60.0 |
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Breadth, m |
9.14 |
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Draught, m |
Isla de Luzon: 3.47 mean Isla de Cuba: 3.22 mean |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 HTE, 2 cylindrical boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Isla de Luzon: 535 Isla de Cuba: 800 |
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Max speed, kts |
Isla de Luzon: 11.2 Isla de Cuba: 13 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 160 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Protection, mm | steel; deck: 64 - 25 |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 4 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 3 - 356 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, aw) |
| Complement |
137 |
Project history: Scuttled by the Spaniards at the Battle of Manila and salved, these ships had the 102mm guns on forecastle and poop.
Protection: there was a 64-25mm deck.
Modernizations: 1905, Isla de Cuba: - 4 x 1 - 102/40, 3-356 TT; + 6 x 1 - 76/50 Mk III/V/VI
1911, Isla de Luzon: + 2 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I; boilers were replaced by 2 Babcock & Wilcox
1911, Isla de Cuba: - 6 x 1 - 76/50, 2 x 1 - 57/50; + 2 x 1 - 102/40 Mk III/IV/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 47/40-45 Driggs-Schroeder Mk I/II, 2 x 1 - 37/40 Driggs-Schroeder heavy Mk I
Naval service: Isla de Luzon served with the Louisiana and Illinois Naval Militia 1907-1918, and finally with the Naval Torpedo Station as a yard craft.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014