Category: 1890 fleets

USA (1888-90): Protected Cruiser C-5 1890-1937 USS San Francisco (C-5) was a steel armour protected cruiser built in 1888-90 for…

USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-4 1890-1926 Authorized in 1887, USS Philadelphia was rigged as three-mast schooner, without head gear and…

Armada (1887-1900): Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Marqués de la Ensenada In 1885 the Armada (Spanish Navy) naval staff…

Ironclad Battleships (1879-1895): Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, Andrea Doria Italian Ironclad Battleships Caio Duilio class (1879) | Italia class…

United Kingdom (1874-1881): Nelson, Northampton The Nelson class were two armoured cruisers (HMS Nelson, HMS Northampton) designed by Chef Constructor…

Protected Cruiser (1888) USS Charleston (C-2) was the second British-designed cruiser (after Baltimore) in the early years of the “new…

Spanish Protected cruisers (1886-1895): Reina Regentes, Alfonso XIII, Lepanto 1891-1900 The Reina Regentes class cruisers were designed as an improvement…

Austro-Hungarian Navy central battery ironclad (1871-1892) We start a new cycle dedicated to the Austro-Hungarian Navy until 1900 (the topic…

The Netherlands, Coastal Battleship 1871-1897 HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad “ramtorenschip”, a turret ram ship built at…

Coast Defence Ship built 1881-84, decomm. 1906 Development Denmark saw a decline of naval rank after the devastating Battle of…