| Name: | ELISABETA |
| Type: | Protected Cruiser |
| Keel: | 17/05/1887 |
| Launched: | 29/12/1887 |
| Completed: | 10/09/1888 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 517 |
| Dimensions: | 1325disp, 221.0 x 33.7 x 12.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl (26, 40 & 57 x 24ins), 3000ihp to 4271ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 18.3knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 1 x 5.9ins, 4 x 1 x 6pdr QF guns; 4 x 1 x 14.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 10/09/1888 | Roumanian Navy |
| 1926 | Broken up |
| Comments: | As built she was fitted with 3 masts and sails |
| 1904: Major refit at Galati and sails removed, leaving 2 pole masts | |
| 1914: Disarmed and guns used in fixed defences on the Danube. |
Above photo copyright of South Shields Libraries
Above photo copyright of South Shields Libraries
Above photo copyright Vickers Archives
Above: Appearance before refit in 1904