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List Of Classes Of Spanish Nationalist Ships Of The Spanish Civil War
This is a list of ship classes used by the Spanish Nationalists during the Spanish civil war. Battleships * España-class battleship–one seized by the Nationalists at the start of the war called ''España'' formerly ''Alfonso XIII''. Crusiers Heavy Cruisers * Canarias-class cruiser–These ships were built as modified County-class crusiers and the two ships of the class ''Canarias'' and ''Baleares'' were both seized by the Nationalists at the start of the civil war. Light Crusiers * Almirante Cervera-class cruiser–Built as modified Emerald-class crusier. The lead ship of the class ''Almirante Cervera'' was seized by the Nationalists at the start of the civil war. * Spanish cruiser ''Navarra'' (1923)–A unique cruiser which resembled a British World War I-era Town-class cruiser (1910) with modifications. Seized by Nationalists at start of war. Destroyers * Alsedo-class destroyer–seized one ship of the class, ''Velasco'', at the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nationalist Faction (Spanish Civil War)
The Nationalist faction ( es, Bando nacional) or Rebel faction ( es, Bando sublevado) was a major faction in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939. It was composed of a variety of right-leaning political groups that supported the Spanish Coup of July 1936 against the Second Spanish Republic and Republican faction and sought to depose Manuel Azaña, including the Falange, the CEDA, and two rival monarchist claimants: the Alfonsist Renovación Española and the Carlist Traditionalist Communion. In 1937, all the groups were merged into the FET y de las JONS. After the death of the faction's early leaders, General Francisco Franco, one of the members of the 1936 coup, would head the Nationalists throughout most of the war and emerge as the dictator of Spain until his death in 1975. The term Nationalists or Nationals () was coined by Joseph Goebbels following the visit of the clandestine Spanish delegation led by Captain Francisco Arranz requesting war material on 24 July 1936, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Cruiser Navarra (1923)
''Navarra'' was a cruiser serving the Spanish Navy from 1923 to 1956. Construction on ''Reina Victoria Eugenia''—the ship's original name—began in 1915 by Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval in Ferrol. The design showed considerable British design influence resembling contemporary British Town-class cruisers. The boilers were re-arranged into three rooms to give three funnels. The ship was renamed ''Republica'' in 1931 and assumed the name ''Navarra'' in 1936. Service The ship was ordered as the ''Reina Victoria Eugenia'' (named after Queen consort Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg), laid down on 31 March 1915, launched 21 April 1920 and completed on 15 January 1923.Whitley 1995, p. 214 She was flagship of the Spanish squadron during the Rif war. After the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in 1931 she became part of the Spanish Republican Navy and was renamed ''Republica''.Second Spanish Republic 17 April 1931 Decree At the start of the Spanish Civil War in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archimede-class Submarine
The ''Archimede'' class were a group of four submarines built for the (Royal Italian Navy) in the early 1930s. The boats fought in the Spanish Civil War (under the Nationalist flag) and in World War II. In Spanish service, two boats were known as the ''General Mola'' class; these were taken out of service in 1959. Design The ships were designed by the firm Cavallini and were a partially double hulled design. They were an enlarged version of the with ballast tanks rearranged, greater range, fuel and torpedo capacity for ocean service. Like most of the later ocean-going submarines of the Italian navy, their deck armament consisting of two guns was conceived to deal with armed merchantmen in surface combat. They also mounted two anti-aircraft machine guns. The number of torpedoes was increased from 12 on the ''Settembrini'' class to 16. Boats All boats were built by the shipyard of Franco Tosi at Taranto, between 1930 and 1934. ''Torricelli'' and ''Archimede'' took part in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Auxiliary And Merchant Cruisers
The following is a list, by period and country, of armed merchant ships used since the late 19th century in the role of auxiliary cruisers, also called armed merchant cruisers. Ships by period Spanish–American War American auxiliary cruisers Russo-Japanese War Japanese merchant cruisers Russian merchant cruisers Note: This listing is incomplete. World War I Allied merchant cruisers =Royal Navy= =Royal Australian Navy= =French Navy= German auxiliary cruisers Spanish Civil War The Spanish Nationalists, whose navy was substantially outnumbered by the Republicans, made an extensive use of auxiliary cruisers during the Spanish civil war, two of them on loan from Italy: World War II Allied merchant cruisers The Armed merchant cruisers were made by requisitioning large ships and providing them with guns and other equipment. They ranged from . The armament varied but six guns with guns as secondary was usual. From 1941, many served as troopships. =Royal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Cruiser Cesare Rossarol
''Cesare Rossarol'' was a scout cruiserHer sister ships, ''Alessandro Poerio'' and ''Guglielmo Pepe'', were re-rated as destroyers in 1921 due to their light displacements. built in Sestri Ponente, Genoa, in 1913 and launched by S.A.I. Gio. Ansaldo & C. in Liguria, Italy, in 1914. Like her sister ships, ''Alessandro Poerio'' and ''Guglielmo Pepe'', she was named after a famous Neapolitan light cavalryman who helped defend Venice from attacks by the Austro-Hungarian Army during the revolutions in 1848. Service ''Cesare Rossarol'' was an Italian light scout cruiser (Italian:''esploratore leggero'') measuring long and wide. She was equipped with Yarrow type 3 three-drum water tube boilers with water pipes, two groups of steam turbines Belluzzo of , two 3-blade propellers, a fuel capacity of 325 tons, giving her a range for 2,400 miles at 13 knots. She could launch torpedoes while maintaining a constant speed of over 30 knots. With a displacement of 891 tons or 1,270 tons when full, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Poerio-class
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Vifor-class Destroyer
The ''Vifor'' class was a group of four destroyers ordered by Romania in 1913 and built in Italy during the First World War. The four ships were however requisitioned by Italy in 1915 and rearmed as scout cruisers (''esploratori''), subsequently seeing service in World War I. Two were re-purchased by Romania in 1920 and saw service in World War II. The other two were eventually transferred by Italy to the Spanish Nationalists and saw service during the Spanish Civil War. Construction and specifications The four warships were ordered in 1913 by Romania, from the Pattison Shipyard in Naples, with the names ''Vifor'', ''Viscol'', ''Vârtej'' and ''Vijelie''. Designed by engineer Luigi Scaglia and based on Romanian specifications, the ships were to be large destroyers armed with three 120 mm guns, four 75 mm guns, five torpedo tubes, and have a 10-hour endurance at full speed, as they were required to operate in the limited perimeter of the Black Sea. However, the four ships were in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churruca-class Destroyer (1927)
The ''Churruca'' class was a Spanish destroyer class built for the Spanish Navy based on a British design. Eighteen ships were built, with two being sold to Argentina and commonly referred to as the ''Cervantes'' class. The last two members of the class are sometimes referred to as a separate class, the ''Alava'' class. The ships were authorized on 17 February 1915 by Navy Minister Augusto Miranda y Godoy. The program planned for four light cruisers, six destroyers, 28 submarines, three gunboats, and 18 coast guard vessels; of these, five light cruisers, three and fourteen ''Churruca''-class destroyers, 16 submarines, and the three gunboats were actually completed. The class was built in three groups, with the first group beginning construction in 1923 and the final group's construction delayed by the Spanish Civil War and World War II which led to their completion only in 1957. Some of the later ships of the class were completed without the central gun due to an arms embargo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsedo-class Destroyer
The ''Alsedo'' class was a Spanish class of destroyer. Three ships were built, based on a British design, entering service between 1924 and 1925. They all served through and survived the Spanish Civil War, two on the Republican side and one with the Nationalists. The class was retired in 1957–1961. Design and construction On 17 February 1915, the Spanish Cortes (Parliament) passed a navy law authorising a large programme of construction for the Spanish Navy, including three destroyers of British design, the ''Alsedo'' class, to be built in Spain at the Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (SECN) dockyard at Cartagena.Gardiner and Gray 1985, p. 376. The design chosen, a joint effort by Vickers and John Brown, was of similar layout to the Hawthorn Leslie variant of the M-class destroyer. The British Director of Naval Construction objected to current British destroyer designs being sold to a foreign nation, but could not stop the sale.Friedman 2009, pp. 135–136. The sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town-class Cruiser (1910)
The Town class was a group of twenty-one light cruisers built for the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) of the first half of the 20th Century. These vessels were long-range cruisers, suitable for patrolling the vast expanse covered by the British Empire. These ships, initially rated as second class cruisers, were built to a series of designs, known as the ''Bristol'' (five ships), ''Weymouth'' (four ships), ''Chatham'' (three RN ships, plus three RAN ships), ''Birmingham'' (three ships, plus one similar RAN ship) and ''Birkenhead'' (two ships) classes – all having the names of British towns except for the RAN ships, which were named after Australian cities. Design ''Bristol'' class The ''Bristol'' class were all ordered under the 1908–09 Programme and commissioned in late 1910.Lyon ''Warship'' Vol. 1 No. 3, p. 50. They were second class cruisers suitable for a variety of roles including both trade protection and fleet duties.Preston 1985, p. 51. They were l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Cruiser Almirante Cervera
''Almirante Cervera'' was a light cruiser and lead ship of the of the Spanish Navy. She was named after the Spanish admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete, commander of the Spanish naval forces in Cuba during the Spanish–American War. She was part of the Spanish Republican Navy between 1931 and 1936, year in which she became a key player of the Nationalist Fleet in the Spanish Civil War. Features Her construction was authorized by the so-called Miranda law of 17 February 1915. The cruiser was launched in Ferrol in 1925 and scrapped in 1965. The ship was in length, in beam, and a draught of . Equipped with a main armament of eight guns of , mounted in three twin turrets and two single mountings, and crewed by a complement of 566, ''Almirante Cervera'' belonged to the same class of two other cruisers of the Spanish Navy of her time, ''Galicia'' (''Libertad'' from 1931 to 1939) and ''Miguel de Cervantes''. Operational history Civil War Blockade of Northern Spain Starting in Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link=no) or The Uprising ( es, La Sublevación, link=no) among Republicans. was a civil war in Spain 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, and consisted of various socialist, communist, separatist, anarchist, and republican parties, some of which had opposed the government in the pre-war period. The opposing Nationalists were an alliance of Falangists, monarchists, conservatives, and traditionalists led by a military junta among whom General Francisco Franco quickly achieved a preponderant role. Due to the international political climate at the time, the war had many facets and was variously viewed as cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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