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. She had an iron hull and was rigged as a barque. She made 15 knots on trials, probably the highest speed attained by a cruiser of this class.

Operational history
Cristóbal Colón was sent to the Caribbean and foundered off Cuba in October 1895.