Spanish cruiser Cristóbal Colón

Cristóbal Colón was a Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armoured cruiser of the Spanish Navy, built in Italy as the second ship of the class to carry the name Giuseppe Garibaldi. All the ships of the class were built by Gio. Ansaldo & C. at Genoa-Sestri Ponente except two Argentine units, and Colón was laid down in 1895, launched in September 1896, sold to Spain and delivered to the Spanish Navy at Genoa on 16 May 1897. She had two funnels, was fast, well armed and well protected for her displacement, and was the Spanish Navy's first true armoured cruiser. The Spanish Ministry of Marine rejected her 10-inch guns, so she was delivered without them, which cut her designed firepower sharply. She served in the 1st Squadron in the Spanish-American War, and on 3 July 1898, at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, she was the last survivor of Cervera's squadron in a long stern chase, was beached and scuttled west of Santiago, and then capsized as a total loss.