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Spanish Destroyer José Luis Díez
'' José Luis Díez '' was a in the Spanish Republican Navy. She took part in the Spanish Civil War on the government side. She was named after Teniente de Navío José Luis Díez y Pérez Muñoz. Civil War The ship sailed into Biscay in 1936 and was anchored off Santurce for some time. She received the nickname ''Pepe el del puerto'' ("Joe of the harbor"), for her perceived inactivity. On 20 April 1937, she was involved in a friendly fire incident when her anti-aircraft guns shot down Felipe del Río's Polikarpov I-15. The gunners mistook the aircraft for a German fighter. On 31 May of the same year, the Police and the '' Marina de Guerra Auxiliar de Euzkadi'' took control of ''José Luis Díez'' and . At the request of the Republican government, the ships embarked more than 200 sailors of the auxiliary Navy from Euzkadi to replace their original crews, who had been deemed untrustworthy. The ships were eventually returned to their original crews. On 10 June 1937, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Díez Y Pérez Muñoz
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |