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Alfonso
XIII was built as a dreadnought class battleship at Sociedad Espanola de
Construccion Naval in Ferrol and launched in February
1912. She was put in service the year after, and under
the Rif War in Morocco in th e1920 she participated with
fire support. She was renamed to Espana in 1931, and
under the Spanish civil war she was overtaken and sailed
for France and the Nationalists. 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
rest today upside-down outside Laredo on a depth of 65
to 75 meter.
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 Picture: Alfonso XIII in 1922 Foto Car Collection, Public domain  Wanna know more? Visit Sabine Kerkaus website Last updated: July 2017 |
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