«The "Baleares", (...) the "Canarias" (...) and the "Cervera" (...), with Rear Admiral Manuel de Vierna, head of the division, aboard the first, were sailing between the convoy they were escorting and the coast, at eleven knots (approximately 20 km/h) without any protection from destroyers or submarines, unaware of the enemy's movements. The enemy squad was going in the opposite direction", completes, in this case, Alpert [...]
The situation was quite different for the Republican Ubieta who, on his way to the base, suddenly found himself at a very close distance with an illuminated “Baleares”. Almost instantly, and without hesitation, the Admiral prepared to take the modern ship and its almost 1,100 crew members to the bottom of the sea. «The cruiser presented an exceptional target for the three destroyers “Sánchez”, “Antequera” and “Lepanto”. Between 02:17 and 02:20 they launched twelve torpedoes at a distance of between 2,000 and 3,000 meters », adds Alpert in his work. [...]
«The “Baleares” sank at 5:00 that morning. 788 men died, including Vierna (…), the chief of staff of the division, the second and third commanders, the second chief of staff and more than 25 lieutenants and ensigns of the ship, "adds, in this case, the British historian.
Some snippets of names of ships, officers, and clashes in Mediterranean waters during the Spanish Civil War. Events recounted by the British Doctor of History Michael Alpert in his work “The Spanish Civil War at Sea”
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