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Seaplane carrier Dédalo (1920)

Dédalo (1920) Spanish Armada (1920-1940) The world’s first “helicopter carrier” The title, which is abusive given the hybrid nature of…

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Cervera class cruisers

Spain 1925-1950 – Principe Alfonso, Almirante Cervera, Miguel de Cervantes The interwar Spanish Cruisers Called different names by historians according…

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WW2 Spanish Destroyers

Spanish Armada – 25 destroyers (1885-1947) Spanish destroyers: Pioneers From Audaz to Alvaro de Bazan: Argentine ARA Juan de Garay…

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Blas de Lezo class cruisers (1922)

Spain – Méndez Núñez, Blas de Lezo. The ‘C-class’ Spanish cruisers: Blas de Lezo class Blas de Lezo in 1929…

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WW2 Spanish Submarines

Spanish Armada – 17 submersibles (1865-1945) Iberian pioneers of Submersibles The submarine has many fathers. Among the pioneering nations, Spain…

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Canarias class cruisers

Spanish Republic – Nationalists Canarias, Baleares (1936) The Spanish 8-in cruisers The two heavy cruisers Canarias and Baleares were the…

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Cruiser Navarra (1920)

Spain Reina Victoria Eugenia aka Republica (1931) aka Navarra (1936) Too late for the Great war The Reina Victoria Eugenia…

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España class Battleships (1912)

Spain Between the great war and civil war After the crushing defeats of 1898 in the hands of the US…