Category: 1890 fleets
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…
Atlanta class cruisers (1883)
USA – Armoured Cruiser 1888-1898 The first Atlanta class cruisers (some says Boston class) were a pair of protected cruisers,…
Aragon class cruisers (1879)
Armada (1880-1905): Aragón, Navarra, Castilla The Aragon class were three unprotected wooden-built cruisers between 1869 and 1882 for the Spanish…
Sachsen class (1877)
Central Citadel Ironclads built 1874-83: SMS Sachsen, Bayern, Würtemberg, Baden. Service until 1910-1920 The Sachsen class were called “armored corvettes”,…
USS Maine (1889)
USA – Armoured Cruiser 1888-1898 USS Maine was the first USN armoured cruiser made famous by the war she indirectly…
HDMS Lindormen (1868)
Dansk marine – Ironclad (1868-1907) HDMS Lindormen was a Danish ironclad and monitor built for the Royal Danish Navy in…