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List Of Retired Spanish Navy Ships
This list includes all naval ships which have been in service in the Spanish Navy and have been retired. Aircraft carriers * Dédalo-class seaplane tender (1) ** ' (1922–1940) (ex-''Neuenfelds'' 1901-1921) * (1) ** ' (R01) (1967–1989) (ex-' 1943-1955) * (1) ** ' (R11) (1988-2013) Amphibious * English Xlighter: ** ''K-1'' to ''K-26'' (1924–1962) ''A-5'' (1925–1954) **''A-1'' (1933–1977) **''A-2'' (1933–1984) **''A-3'' (1935–1965) **''A-4'' (1935–1968) **''A-6'' > ''AA-06'' > ''Contramaestre Castelló'' (1952–1996) **''A-7'' > ''AA17'' (1952–1982) **''A-8'' (1952–1977) **''A-9'' > ''AA-21'' > ''A-62 Maquinista Macias'' (1963–1993) **''A-10'' > ''AA-22'' > ''A-63 Torpedista Hernandez'' (1963–2004) **''A-11'' > ''AA-23'' > ''A-64 Fogonero Bañobre'' (1963–1993) **''A-65 Marinero Jarano'' (1981–2010) **''A-66 Condestable Zaragoza'' (1981–2009) *Fleet oilers **''Plutón ''(1934–1970), ex Campsa oiler ''Campillo'' **''A-11 Teide'' (1956–1988) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Torrevieja - Museo Flotante, Submarino S-61 (1)
Torrevieja (; is a Mediterranean-seaside city and municipality on the Costa Blanca, in the province of Alicante, Valencian Community, in southeastern Spain. The city is in one of the only Spanish-speaking areas of the Valencian Community. Torrevieja lies about 50 kilometres south of the city of Alicante and had a population of around 90.1k residents as of the 2011 census; the latest official estimate (2019) is 83.3k inhabitants.Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Madrid,2019. Torrevieja was originally a salt-mining and fishing village, as it is located between the Mediterranean Sea and two large pink salt lakes known as ''Las Salinas de Torrevieja''. History Until the 1800s, Torrevieja was nothing more than random cottages and desolate dwellings near an ancient guard tower, which gave the town its name; ''torre'' ''vieja'' is Spanish for 'old tower'. In 1803, Charles IV decided to relocate the salt-mine production and offices from La Mata to the town of Torrevieja itself, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vizcaya Far106
Vizcaya (Spanish, 'Biscay') may refer to: Places * Biscay, a Basque region and a province of Spain ** Biscay (Congress of Deputies constituency) ** Biscay (Basque Parliament constituency) ** Biscay (Senate constituency) * Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, formerly Villa Vizcaya, in Miami, Florida, U.S. * Vizcaya station, in Miami, Florida, U.S. People * Pierre de Vizcaya (1894–1933), Spanish motor racer Other uses * ''Vizcaya'' (planthopper), a genus of insects * Spanish cruiser ''Vizcaya'', a Spanish Navy armored cruiser that fought in the Spanish–American War * ''Vizcaya'' (1890), Filipino World War II era freighter * Vizcaya Day, commonly known as Ammungan Festival. See also * Biscay (other) * Nueva Vizcaya, a province on Luzon Island, Philippines * Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain Nueva Vizcaya (''New Biscay'', ) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chih ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Descubierta Class Corvette
The ''Descubierta''-class corvettes were a series of corvettes built for the Spanish Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. These ships were also sold to the Egyptian Navy and the Moroccan Navy. The ships were designed in cooperation with the German company Blohm & Voss, based on the s which were designed in the late 1960s for the Portuguese Navy, by the Portuguese naval engineer Rogério de Oliveira. A larger version was proposed for a second batch but the Spanish Navy chose to build the American s under licence instead. Ships Spanish Navy Egyptian Navy Royal Moroccan Navy The Moroccan vessel is equipped with Exocet The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from Warship, surface vessels, Submarine, submarines, Helicopter, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Etymology The missile's name was given by M. Guil ... missiles instead of Harpoon missiles. Gallery File:Infanta Elena (P-76) 060604-N-8547M-003.jpg, ''Inf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Atrevida F61 PA61
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List Of Galleons Of Spain
This is a list of a few of the carracks and galleons that served under the Spanish Crowns in the period 1410-1639; note that Castile and Aragon were separate nations, brought together in 1474 only through a unified Trastamaran and subsequently Habsburg monarchy, but each retaining its own governments and naval forces until the 18th century. From 1580 to 1640, Portugal was also part of this Habsburg Empire, but again its naval forces remained separate and are not included below. Not all these ships listed were built in Spain or its colonies: Galleons * ''Santa Clara'' - Captured by England c. 1413, renamed ''Holyghost de la Tour'' * ''San Felipe'' (carrack) - Captured by England 1587 * ''Santiago el Mayor'' (c. 1584) * ''San Francisco'' 52 * ''Santa Ana'' 47 * ''Santa Ana'' 30 * ''Trinidad Valencera'' 22 * ''Nuestra Senora del Pilar'' 11 * ''Santa Cruz'' 18 * ''San Juan de Gargoriu'' 16 * ''La Lavia'' 30 * ''Santiago el Mayor'' 24 * ''Santa Maria de Gracia'' 26 * '' La Juliana'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Spanish Battleship España (1913)
Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine ** Spanish history **Spanish culture **Languages of Spain, the various languages in Spain Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Canada * Spanish River (other), the name of several rivers * Spanish Town, Jamaica Other uses * John J. Spanish (1922–2019), American politician * "Spanish" (song), a single by Craig David, 2003 See also * * * Español (other) * Spain (other) * España (other) * Espanola (other) * Hispania, the Roman and Greek name for the Iberian Peninsula * Hispanic, the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain * Hispanic (other) * Hispanism * Spain (other) * National and regional identity in Spain * Culture of Spain The culture of Spain is influenced by its Western ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salvage Ship
A salvage tug, also known historically as a wrecking tug, is a specialized type of tugboat that is used to rescue ships that are in distress or in danger of sinking, or to salvage ships that have already sunk or run aground. Overview Few tugboats have ever been truly fully dedicated to salvage work; most of the time, salvage tugs operate towing barges, platforms, ships, or performing other utility tugboat work. Tugs fitted out for salvage are found in small numbers around the globe, with higher concentrations near areas with both heavy shipping traffic and hazardous weather conditions. Salvage tugs are used by specialized crew experienced in salvage operations (salvors). Their particular equipment includes: * extensive towing provisions and extra tow lines/cables, with provisions for towing from both bow and stern and at irregular angles * extra cranes * firefighting gear ** deluge systems ** hoses ** nozzles * mechanical equipment such as: ** common mechanical repair parts ** ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Glasgow
Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom and the 27th-most-populous city in Europe, and comprises Wards of Glasgow, 23 wards which represent the areas of the city within Glasgow City Council. Glasgow is a leading city in Scotland for finance, shopping, industry, culture and fashion, and was commonly referred to as the "second city of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era, Victorian and Edwardian eras. In , it had an estimated population as a defined locality of . More than 1,000,000 people live in the Greater Glasgow contiguous urban area, while the wider Glasgow City Region is home to more than 1,800,000 people (its defined functional urban area total was almost the same in 2020), around a third of Scotland's population. The city has a population density of 3,562 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Glenlee (ship)
''Glenlee'' is a steel-hulled three-masted barque, built as a cargo ship at Port Glasgow under that name in 1896 for Glasgow owners. With later owners she was named ''Islamount'' and ''Clarastella''. From 1922 she was the sail training ship ''Galatea'' in the Spanish Navy. Since 1993, carrying her original name, ''Glenlee'' has been a museum ship at the Riverside Museum on Pointhouse Quay in the Partick area of Glasgow, known as The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour. Description ''Glenlee'' was built by Anderson Rodger & Company at their Bay Shipyard in Port Glasgow for the Glen-line of the Glasgow shipping company Archibald Sterling & Co. Ltd., and was launched on 3 December 1896. She has a hull length of , beam of and depth of , the o/a, over-all length with the spike bowsprit is . She was measured at 1,613 GRT and 1,488 NRT. Rigged only with double topgallant sails over double top sails, she was not equipped with royal (sail), royal sails (baldheader rigging) to save costs co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
