✦ History

Part of Spanish Civil War

Battle of Cape Palos (1938)

March 5–6, 1938 · Battle of Cape Palos (1938)

Result Republican victory

Republican destroyers torpedoed and sank the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares.

On the map Contemporaries

Nationalists

Republicans

Nationalist Spain
Second Spanish Republic
Luis González de Ubieta military commander

Strength and losses

Deaths
765
Ships lost
1

Units

Spanish cruiser Baleares
Spanish Republican Navy