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25 unusual facts about Spanish navy


Agave fourcroydes

The first to document the plant and its usefulness for ropes and other naval utensils was José María Lanz, a Mexican-born engineer in service of the Spanish Navy, who studied henequen in Yucatán in 1783.

Alsedo-class destroyer

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.

Angolan Navy

In December 2013 it was reported that Angola would be buying a package of old ships from the Spanish Navy.

Architecture of Mexico

The September 23, 1568, its walls witnessed the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa, in which a fleet of bodyguards of the Spanish Armada, led by General Francisco Luján beat a fleet of British pirates under the command of Francis Drake and John Hawkins.

Buque de Acción Marítima

The BAM (Buque de Acción Marítima) ships are new modular Offshore Patrol Vessels of the Spanish Navy adapted to different purposes from a common base, manufactured by Navantia.

Bustamante-class destroyer

The Bustamante class was a class of three destroyers of the Spanish Navy.

Compañía Transatlántica Española

During the 1898 Spanish–American War, 21 CTE ocean liners were used by the Spanish Navy as auxiliary vessels in order to assist in the war effort.

Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel, 18th Duke of Veragua

Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel, 18th Duke of Veragua, (October 4, 1949 - ) is a Spanish nobleman, businessman and formerly an officer, helicopter pilot, and commander of a naval vessel in the Spanish Navy.

Descubierta and Atrevida

The Descubierta and Atrevida were twin corvettes of the Spanish Navy, custom-designed as identical special exploration and scientific research vessels .

Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli

With the help of his uncle, the Neapolitan Ambassador to Spain, he entered the Spanish Navy, as a naval cadet aged 12.

Ferrol, Romblon

The Spanish noted the resemblance of the bay in the vicinity to the bay of Ferrol, Spain, which is the home port of Spain's Maritime Department of the North, hence the town's name.

Fuerzas Armadas Guanches

March 1977: Santiago Marrero Hernandez entered the Spanish Navy barracks at Isleta on Gran Canaria to steal weapons and was killed by guards.

José Gaspar

Most say he was born in Spain in 1756 and served in the Spanish Navy aboard the Floridablanca.

Juana Manuela Gorriti

Gorriti did not receive the divorce papers until fourteen years later, during the shelling on Lima's port by the Spanish Navy in 1866.

Luis Ricardo Falero

Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents' disappointment.

Malaspina Expedition 2010

The project is under the umbrella of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation's Consolider – Ingenio 2010 programme and is led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) with the support of the Spanish Navy.

Manuel Rebollo García

Manuel Rebollo García (born 2 July 1945) is a Spanish Navy admiral.

Marín, Pontevedra

Spanish Naval Academy (ENM) In modern times, Institution where the Spanish Armada officers and other personnel receive their education.

National Mint of Jubia

In 1819, the mint returned to manufacturing plates for the ships in the Spanish Navy and minting was brought to a complete standstill between 1827 and 1835, with manufacturing efforts directed to production of tin plates.

Peral Submarine

The Peral was the first electric battery powered submarine built by the Spanish engineer and sailor, Isaac Peral, for the Spanish Navy.

Reinhold von Werner

A rebel faction of the Spanish Navy had seized four of the country's seven ironclads.

Spanish aircraft carrier Príncipe de Asturias

The Príncipe de Asturias, originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco, is an aircraft carrier and was the flagship of the Spanish Navy.

Spanish cruiser Emperador Carlos V

Emperador Carlos V was an armored cruiser of the Spanish Navy which served in the Spanish fleet from 1898 to 1933.

Zafra de Záncara

Fernando Casado de Torres e Irala (1754–1829): squadron leader and general commander of the Corps of Engineers of the Royal Spanish Navy.

Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marqués de la Ensenada

His ability was recognized by Don José Patiño, the chief minister of King Philip V, who promoted him to supervise work at the naval arsenal at Ferrol, the main base of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the North since the time of the early Bourbons.


Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales

The Escuela Naval Militar de Oficiales (ENM) at Marín, Pontevedra, in north-western Spain, is the Spanish institution in charge of training the Spanish Navy's officer class, as well as other naval personnel.

Francisco Javier Cornejo

Don Francisco Javier Cornejo López (March 4, 1669, Ruesga, Cantabria - March 27, 1750, Madrid), also known as Don Francisco Javier Cornejo Vallejo, was a Spanish military commander of the Spanish navy.