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The second ship, Zacatecas, being built in Cádiz, was not completed at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and was later incorporated into the Francoist navy as Calvo Sotelo. [6] Durango was originally classified as a war troopship (Transporte de guerra), [8] [9] [10] also referred to as a troopship-gunboat (Transporte-Cañonero). [11]
The remaining two ships of the class, one operating on each side, were both lost in the Spanish Civil War. España (ex- Alfonso XIII ), serving the Nationalist side, struck a mine in April 1937 and sunk, while Jaime I fighting as part of the Republican navy, suffered an internal explosion at Cartagena in June 1937, being scuttled as a ...
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. Italy transferred two of the ships to Romania in 1920, but kept the other two ( Falco and Aquila ), and Fascist Italy sold them to the Nationalists in 1937.
Single hull, Double bottom, and Double hull ship cross sections. Green lines are watertight; black structure is not watertight. A double hull is a ship hull design and construction method where the bottom and sides of the ship have two complete layers of watertight hull surface: one outer layer forming the normal hull of the ship, and a second inner hull which is some distance inboard ...
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 ...
The Spanish Civil War (Spanish: guerra civil española) [note 2] was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the left -leaning Popular Front government of the Second Spanish Republic . [ 10 ]
The España class was a series of three dreadnought battleships that were built for the Spanish Navy between 1909 and 1921: España, Alfonso XIII, and Jaime I.The ships were ordered as part of an informal mutual defense agreement with Britain and France, and were built with British support.
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.