Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon (1887)
# Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon (1887)

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.

