| Name: | ISLA DE LUZON |
| Type: | Cruiser - 2nd Class |
| Keel: | 25/02/1886 |
| Launched: | 18/11/1886 |
| Completed: | 22/09/1887 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 497 |
| Dimensions: | 1030disp, 185.0 x 30.0 x 11.6(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (18.5, 29 & 43 x 24ins), 1600ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.2knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 6 x 1 x 4.7ins, 8 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 3 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 22/09/1887 | Spanish Navy |
| 31/01/1900 | USA Navy |
| 10/03/1920 | Bahama & West Indies Trading Co, New York; renamed REVIVER |
| 1940 | Scrapped |
| Comments: | 1898: Fought at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Spanish-American War |
| Having sustained light damage in the battle she was scuttled by the Spanish crew | |
| She settled in shallow water and her uperworks were set on fire by a US Navy crew | |
| 01/05/1898: Refloated by the US Navy and repaired at Singapore | |
| The 4.7ins guns were replaced by 4.0ins guns | |
| 31/01/1900: Commissioned as a US Navy gunboat | |
| 1908 to 1911: Re-boilered and given 2 funnels | |
| 15/02/1919: Decommissioned | |
| 23/07/1919: Stricken from the Navy List | |
| 01/1936: Derelict at Bermuda |
Above photo shows ISLA DE LUZON inboard of her sister ISLA DE CUBA at Elwick. Photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as a US Navy gunboat copyright of the US Navy
Above photo copyright of Detroit Photographic Co
Above photo copyright of US Navy