Newbuilding of Spanish cruiser Reine Regente still not started according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1896 no. 5

An item reported that as soon as the designs of the new Spanish cruiser Reine Regente were finished immediately with building her was to be started. On the moment was a budget of 500.000 peseta’s available.(1)

Note

1. Protected cruiser. Building ordered in 1896, laid down at Ferrol, Spain in 1899, launched on 20 September 1906, commissioned in 1908, training ship in 1920s and broken up in 1926.