In the disastrous war with the USA suffered the Spanish navy heavily with losing the ironclads Infanta Maria Teresa of 7,000 tons, Bizcaya of 7,000 tons, Oquendo of 7,000 tons, Cristobal Colon of 6,850 tons, the cruisers Isla de Cuba of 1,045 tons, Reina Cristina of 3,250 tons, Reina Mercedes of 3,090 tons, Castilla of 3,260 tons, Don Juan de Ullva of 1,160 tons, Elcano of 560 tons, General Lezo of 520 tons, Marqués del Duero of 500 tons, destroyers Furor of 380 tons, Pluton of 380 tons, gunboats Gallao of 208 tons, Leyte of 191 tons, Geutinela of 200 tons and Delgado Parejo of 180 tons and the transport Gebu of 532 tons. The Spanish merchant shipping suffered also heavily with the loss of the transatlantic steamships Panama, Antonio Lopez, Alfonso XII and Isla de Mindanao, nine steam freighters and a large number of smaller merchant ships.
