Warships in the Spanish Civil War by Angus Konstam

Author:Angus Konstam [Konstam, Angus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: history, Military, Naval, Europe, Spain & Portugal, World War II, Modern, 20th Century
ISBN: 9781472848673
Google: dycfEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2021-10-28T23:53:41.435263+00:00

The Almirante Cervera during the early 1930s, before she received her distinguishing funnel caps. In later 1936, the cruiser was dubbed El Chulo del Cantábrico by the Nationalist press, which loosely translates as ‘The Beau of the Cantabrian coast’.

Both the Ciscar and the C6 would be salvaged by the Nationalists, and after repairs in El Ferrol they were added to the Nationalist fleet. With the scuttling or loss of the last Basque warships, this marked the end of naval operations in the north. However, there would be a brief postscript. The two submarines C2 and C4 were repaired in France, and after an epic voyage around the Iberian peninsula they reached Cartagena in June 1938. The José Luis Díez was also refitted in France, then made the run to Cartagena. However, on 25 August she encountered the Canarias while trying to run through the Strait of Gibraltar. She was damaged and forced to beach on the tip of Europa Point, beneath the rock of Gibraltar.

She was repaired in Gibraltar, and on 29 December she made another attempt. Instead, she was chased and rammed by the Nationalist gunboat-minelayer Vulcano. The Republican destroyer was beached just to the east of Gibraltar, and was subsequently salvaged by the British, and handed over to the Nationalists after the conflict. The collapse of Republican and Basque resistance in the north of Spain meant that the Nationalists were able to concentrate all their naval resources in the Mediterranean. It was there, during 1937–38, that the naval campaign would run its increasingly inevitable course.

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