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Churruca-class destroyer — The Nationalists sank one ship of the class, Ciscar, then refloated her, and she saw service with them towards the end of the war. [ 4 ] Vifor -class destroyers–Units of a four-ship class Romania ordered from shipyards in Italy which Italy seized for use as scout cruisers during World War I .
The ship was raised and towed to Gibraltar where the vessel was interned until the end of the war. When the Spanish Civil War ended, the class was turned over to the Nationalists. Spain remained neutral during World War II Ciscar ran aground in fog off El Ferrol in October 1957. Salvage of the ship was abandoned in 1958 and the vessel was ...
Almirante Antequera (AA) was a 2nd series Churruca-class destroyer that fought on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War and, after the war, joined the post-war Spanish Navy. She was named after Juan Bautista Antequera y Bobadilla, a vice admiral and Spanish Minister of the Navy.
Following the end of the Spanish Civil War, all three destroyers served with the Spanish State. [1] On 17 May 1943 Alsedo and Lazaga were damaged by a large fire at the naval base at El Ferrol. [10] The three destroyers continued to serve with the Spanish Navy until well into the 1950s, [1] with Alsedo and Velasco being stricken in 1957 and ...
At the start of the hostilities she was involved in the blockade of the Gibraltar Strait to prevent the rebel transport of troops from Spanish Morocco to southern Spain. In the course of these operations she was damaged by rebel aircraft on 5 August 1936, a couple of hours before the convoy known as Convoy de la victoria successfully broke the ...
She served in the Rif War in 1925 and fought on the Nationalist side during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939. While in commission, she served the Kingdom of Spain from 1924 to 1931, the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1936, and the civil war's Nationalist faction and the Francoist Spanish State its victory established from 1936 to 1957.
The Spanish term for ships of the line was navíos, but during the latter part of the Habsburg era (until 1700) ships continued to be designated as galeón. Those ships with secular names (e.g. royal, geographical or adjectival names) were additionally given an official religious name (or advocación ) which appears below in parentheses ...
Shipwrecks of the Spanish Civil War (13 P) T. ... Pages in category "Spanish Civil War ships" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.