page_title: Infanta Maria Teresa-class cruiser
section_title: Infanta Maria Teresa
hierarchical_section_title: Infanta Maria Teresa-class cruiser / Ships in class / Infanta Maria Teresa
caption_attribution_description: English: Spanish Navy armored cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa at São Vicente, Cape Verde sometime between 14 April 1898 and 29 April 1898 Español: Crucero acorazado Infanta María Teresa de la Armada Española en San Vicente, Cabo Verde, en algún momento entre el 14 y el 29 de Abril de 1898
context_page_description: The Infanta Maria Teresa class of three armored cruisers were built for the Spanish Navy between 1889 and 1893. All three were sunk in action against the United States Navy during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898.
context_section_description: Ordered in 1889, laid down in 1890, launched on 30 August 1890 and completed in 1893, Infanta Maria Teresa was named for a Spanish princess. In Spain at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, she was sent along with her sisters to the Caribbean as part of Cervera's squadron, blockaded for 37 days in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, and sunk in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba on 3 July 1898.
caption: Infanta Maria Teresa in April 1898.
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