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The wreck of Reina Cristina after the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
History
Spain
Name
Reina Cristina
Namesake
Maria Christina of Austria, Queen Consort of Spain
Builder
Ferrol
Launched
2 May 1887 [1]
Fate
Sunk 1 May 1898
General characteristics
Class and type
Alfonso XII-class cruiser
Displacement
3,042 tons
Length
278 ft 3 in (84.81 m)
Beam
43 ft 4 in (13.21 m)
Draft
20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Installed power
4,400 ihp (3,300 kW)
Propulsion
1-shaft compound
Speed
17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph) (designed)
10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) (operationally)
Endurance
500 tons coal (normal)
720 tons coal (maximum)
Complement
370 officers and enlisted
Armament
6 × 160 mm (6 in) guns
8 × 6 pdr Hotchkiss QF guns
6 × 3 pdr Hotchkiss revolving gun
5 × 14 in (356 mm)torpedo tubes
Reina Cristina was an Alfonso XII-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy built at the naval shipyard at Ferrol and launched 2 May 1887. Reina Cristina spent her early years in Spanish waters. In 1894 she was transferred to the Spanish Navy's Asiatic Squadron to deter any aggressive moves the German Empire might take against the Spanish-owned Caroline Islands in the Pacific. When Spain faced the "Tagalog Revolt" (1896–1897) – the Spanish name for the first two years of the Philippine Revolution – in the Philippine Islands, Reina Cristina was actively involved in the Spanish campaign to put down the revolt. In addition to patrolling Philippine waters to prevent the smuggling of contraband to the insurgents, she also supported Spanish Army actions against them at Cavite, Novaleta, and Binacayan, including the provision of naval gunfire support to Spanish troops ashore.
She was later sunk in the Battle of Manila Bay by the United States Navy's Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey in the first major engagement of the Spanish–American War.
^Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905 p. 384; The Spanish–American War Centennial Website Reina Cristina claims the launch date was 24 October 1887.
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