Convoy de la victoria

Convoy de la victoria
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date 5 August 1936 Location Mediterranean Sea, near Punta Carnero Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders
José María Sánchez Ferragut	Manuel Súnico Castedo
Strength
1 destroyer	1 gunboat 1 coastguard ship 1 torpedo boat
Casualties and losses
none	none

The Convoy de la victoria (English: "Victory's convoy") was the name given by the Spanish Nationalists to a naval battle which took place on 5 August 1936 in the Strait of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War between the escort of a Nationalist convoy and the Republican destroyer Alcalá Galiano. The convoy departed from Ceuta and was made up of four transports escorted by the gunboat Dato, the coastguard ship Uad Kert (WWI armed trawler, ex-HMT Rother) and the old T-1 class torpedo boat T-19. Three Republican destroyers were keeping a close watch on Spanish Morocco ports, but only the Alcalá Galiano engaged the Nationalist ships. The convoy, bound for Algeciras, successfuly reached its destination on the evening after a brief exchange of fire. While mooring in Algeciras, the gunboat Dato straddled British destroyer HMS Basilisk after misidentyfing her as Republican.^[1] While steaming back to Málaga, the Alcalá Galiano was attacked and hit by Nationalist aircraft. Francoist sources claim that she suffered 18 seamen killed and 28 wounded.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Moreno de Alborán y de Reyna, Fernando: La guerra silenciosa y silenciada: Historia de la campaña naval durante la guerra de 1936-39. Gráficas Lormo, p. 700. ISBN 8492369116 (Spanish)
2. ^ Alpert, Michael (2008). La guerra civil española en el mar. pp. 99-100. ISBN 8484329755 (Spanish)
3. ^ Balfour, Sebastian; Preston, Paul (1999). Spain and the great powers in the twentieth century. Routledge. p. 1. ISBN 9780415180788. http://books.google.com/books?id=WcpDYhAteAgC&pg=RA1-PA171. Retrieved 25 July 2011. 

Coordinates: 36°04′41″N 5°23′57″W / 36.07806°N 5.39917°W / 36.07806; -5.39917