Spaniards living in Argentina paying for new Spanish cruiser according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1896-1897 no. 7

An item referred to the Mittheilingen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens reporting the ordered building of a 4.500 ton cruiser at the Clyde for the Spanish government. The building costs of around 5 million Dutch guilders were collected by Spaniards living in Argentina.