Category: 1890 fleets
USS Charleston (1888)
Protected Cruiser (1888) USS Charleston (C-2) was the second British-designed cruiser (after Baltimore) in the early years of the “new…
Reina Regentes class cruisers (1887)
Spanish Protected cruisers (1886-1895): Reina Regentes, Alfonso XIII, Lepanto 1891-1900 The Reina Regentes class cruisers were designed as an improvement…
SMS Lissa (1869)
Austro-Hungarian Navy (1871-1892) We start a new cycle dedicated to the Austro-Hungarian Navy until 1900 (the topic of WWI was…
HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden (1874)
The Netherlands, Coastal Battleship 1871-1897 HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad “ramtorenschip”, a turret ram ship built at…
HDMS Helgoland (1882)
Coast Defence Ship built 1881-84, decomm. 1906 Development Denmark saw a decline of naval rank after the devastating Battle of…
USS Chicago (1885)
Protected Cruiser (1885) USS Chicago was a protected cruiser of the United States Navy and largest of the three cruisers…
HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt (1886)
Coast Defence Ship built 1884-87, decomm. 1919 Next entry after the ram Tordenskjold. HDMS Iver Hvitfeldt was a coastal defense…
Alfonso XII class cruisers (1887)
Spanish unprotected cruisers (1881-1991): Alfonso XII, Reina Cristina, Reina Mercedes 1891-1900 The Alfonso XII class were three Spanish masted unprotected…
SMS Hansa (1872)
Central Citadel Ironclad built 1868-75. Service until 1875-1888 SMS Hansa was an ironclad corvette built in 1868–1875, and first ironclad built…
Velasco class cruisers
Armada (1880-1927): Velasco, Gravina, Infanta Isabel, Isabel II, Cristóbal Colón, Don Juan de Austria, Don Antonio de Ulloa, Conde del…
