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Alfonso
XIII was built as a dreadnought class battleship at Sociedad Espanola de
Construccion Naval in Ferrol, and was launched in
February 1912. She was commissioned the year after, and
under the Rif War in Morocco in the1920's she
participated as a stationary fire support. She was
renamed to Espana in 1931, and under the Spanish Civil
war she was seized by the Nationalists and used to
intercept and seize freighters carrying supplies for the
Republic forces. 30. April 1937 she was called upon to
try and stop an English blockade breaker, but underway
she sailed on a mine and sank. The wreck was found in
1984, and rest today upside-down outside Laredo on a
depth of 65 to 75 meter.
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 Picture: Alfonso XIII in 1922 Courtesy of Foto Car Collection, Public domain  Last updated: July 2017 |
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