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[16] Unlike her two surviving sister ships, Conde de Venadito and Isabel II, which were decommissioned in 1900, [16] Infanta Isabel had her torpedo tubes removed, was converted into a gunboat, and remained in service. Infanta Isabel was in the Bay of La Concha off San Sebastián, Spain, when she suffered a boiler explosion on 3 August 1900. [1]
Neither Infanta Isabel nor Gaetan were enthusiastic about the project. [8] Gaetan was tall and good-hearted, but penniless and plagued by ill health. He was known for his lack of intellect. Infanta Isabel was short, blond, with clear blue eyes and a small up-turned nose. She was dutiful, conservative and headstrong.
The construction of a Velasco-class unprotected cruiser to be named Infanta Isabel was authorized by a Royal Order of 11 September 1883. [3] Her keel was laid at the Reales Astilleros de Esteiro shipyard in Ferrol, Spain in October 1883. Her construction soon was suspended, and on 31 December 1883 a Royal Order changed her name to Isabel II. [3]
Isabella II (Spanish: Isabel II, María Isabel Luisa de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904) was Queen of Spain from 1833 until her deposition in 1868. She is the only queen regnant in the history of unified Spain.
The Velasco class consisted of two slightly different subclasses. The first two ships, Velasco and Gravina, built by the Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. at Leamouth, London in the United Kingdom, had fewer but heavier guns and were slightly faster than the next six, which were built at various yards in Spain.
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Princess Isabel Alfonsa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Infanta of Spain, [1] (Isabel Alfonsa María Teresa Antonia Cristina Mercedes Carolina Adelaida Rafaela de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y Borbón; 16 October 1904 – 18 July 1985) [2] was a member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and a princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies by birth. [3]
Isabelle was born at the Château d'Eu, Eu, France, the third daughter and fifth (fourth surviving) child of Prince Philippe, Count of Paris and Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. In 1886, when she was eight years old, a law was promulgated by the Third Republic that effectively exiled all dynasties who formerly ruled France, whereupon she and her ...