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Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón
Armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy, wrecked in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cristóbal Colón was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy that fought at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba during the Spanish–American War.
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For an earlier Spanish unprotected cruiser of the same name that served in the Caribbean and sank off Cuba in 1895, see Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón (1887).
"Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi (1896)" redirects here. For Italian cruisers named Giuseppe Garibaldi, see Italian ship Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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Name | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Namesake | Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Builder | Italy |
Laid down | 1895 |
Launched | September 1896 |
Fate | Sold to Spain, 16 May 1897 |
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Name | Cristóbal Colón |
Namesake | Christopher Columbus |
Completed | May 1897 |
Acquired | 16 May 1897 |
Fate | Sunk 3 July 1898 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser |
Displacement | 6,840 long tons (6,950 t) normal (7,972 long tons (8,100 t) full load) |
Length | 366 ft 8 in (111.76 m) |
Beam | 59 ft 10+1⁄2 in (18.250 m) |
Draft | 23 ft 3+1⁄2 in (7.099 m) maximum |
Installed power | 13,655–14,713 ihp (10.183–10.971 MW) |
Propulsion | Vertical triple expansion, 24 boilers |
Speed | 19.3–20.02 knots (35.74–37.08 km/h) |
Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) |
Endurance | 1,050 long tons (1,070 t) coal (normal) |
Complement | 510 to 559 officers and enlisted |
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