Spanish Ships and Commanders
This list uses the Royal Spanish Navy’s designations for its vessels. This may lead to discrepancies as to what these warships are called in the documents printed in this documentary edition. For example, what the Spanish designated as battleships, second rate, the Americans called armored cruisers. Also, according to two historians that have studied the Spanish fleet of this period, third class gunboats were really only armed launches. Christian De Saint Hubert and Carlos Alfaro Zaforteza, “The Spanish Navy of 1898,” Warship International, vol. 17, no. 1 [1980], 40, 42.
Aguila, auxiliary gunboat; Lt. Antonio Gastón y Méndez.
Alfonso XII, unprotected cruiser, first class; converted luxury liner; Capt. Manuel de Eliza y Vergara.
Alfonso XIII, unprotected cruiser, first class; under construction, completed and commissioned in 1900; Capt. Luis Pavía y Savignore.
Alicante, hospital ship; Capt. Antonio Genis.
Almendares, gunboat, third class; Lt. Antonio Cantó y Escorcia.
Almirante Oquendo, battleship, second rate; Capt. Juan B. Lazaga y Garay.
Alsedo, gunboat, second class; Lt. Manuel Bruquetas y Fernández.
Alvarado, gunboat, second class; Lt. Mauricio de Arauco y Echevarría.
Aragón, unprotected cruiser, first class; Capt. Emilio Barrera y Ruíz.
Argonauta, 958 ton unarmed steamer; captured 4/25/1898.
Audaz, torpedo cruiser; Lt. Guillermo de Ávila y Barrón.
Azor, torpedo boat, Lt. Claudio Alvargonzález y Zarracina.
Barcelo, torpedo boat, second class; Lt. Luciano de Madariaga y Fossi .
Buenaventura, 1,155 ton unarmed steamer; captured 4/22/1898.
Buenos Aires, Navy transport (formerly merchant steamer requisitioned by Spanish Navy).
Callao, gunboat, second class; Lt. Francisco Pou.
Cardenal Cisneros, battleship, second rate; Capt. Emilio Fíol y Montamer.
Caridad, gunboat, third class; Ens. Ramón Martinez del Moral.
Carlos V [Emperador Carlos V], battleship, first rate; Capt. José Maria Jiménez Franco.
Castilla, ship in special service--marine depository in Manila; Capt. Altonio Martin de Oliva y Romero.
Catalina, unarmed steamer; captured 4/24/1898.
Cataluña, battleship, second rate; Capt. Joaquin Rodríguez de Rivera y Rodríguez.
Cauto, gunboat, third class; Lt. Juan de Florez y Cavieces.
Centinela, auxiliary gunboat; Lt. Alejandro Arias Salgado y Menéndez.
Ciudad de Cadiz, liner, Compañia Trasatlántica Española.
Colombia, transatlantic steamer.
Colon, Merchant transport.
Colon, tug.
Conde del Venadito, unprotected cruiser, third class; Capt. Esteban Arriaga y Amézaga.
Contramaestre, gunboat, second class; Lt. Juan Lahera y Arana.
Covadonga, merchant transport.
Criollo, gunboat, third class; Lt. Rafael Pujales y Salcedo.
Cristóbal Colón, battleship, second rate; Capt. Emilio Diaz Moreu.
Cuba Española, gunboat, second class; Lt. Luis F. Pou y Magraner.
Delgado Parejo, auxiliary gunboat; Lt. Ubaldo Seris Granier y Blanco.
Destructor (Destroyer), the world’s first torpedo boat destroyer designed by Capt. Fernando Villaamil Fernandez Cueto; Lt. Angel Cariler y Vivora.
Diego Velasquez, gunboat, second class; Lt. Juan Carranza y Reguera.
Don Antonio de Ulloa, unprotected cruiser, second class; Capt. Enrique Robiou y Sierra.
Don Juan de Austria, unprotected cruiser, second class; Capt. Juan de la Concha y Ramos.
El Dependiente, auxiliary gunboat; Lt. Salvador Carvia y Caravaea.
El Curreo,
El Gloria, transport.
Española, Capt. Fernando Villaamil Fernandez Cueto, armed merchant steamer under the Operations Squadron command.
Estrella, gunboat, third class; Lt. Sebastián Noval y Celis.
Fernando el Catolico, steam mail ship.
Flecha, gunboat, third class; Lt. Carlos Latorre y Arriete.
Filipinas, torpedo cruiser; Lt. Antonio Garcia y Gutiérrez.
Furor, torpedo cruiser; Capt. Fernando Villaamil Fernandez-Cueto and Lt. Manuel Bustamente y Barrena; Lt. Diego H. Carlier y Velazquez.
Galicia, torpedo gunboat; Lt. José Maria Ariño y Michelena.
General Concha, unprotected cruiser, third class; Lt. Rafael Maria Navarro y Algarra.
General Lezo, unprotected cruiser, third class; Lt. Rafael Benavente y Carriles.
Giralda, English yacht purchased by Spain.
Guantánamo, gunboat, third class; Lt. Bartolomé Morales y Mendiguita.
Guardián, auxiliary gunboat; Lt. Carlos del Camino y Vergara.
Habana, torpedo boat, second class; Lt. Augustín Posada y Torre.
Halcón, torpedo boat, first class; Lt. Augustin Cuesta y Gómez.
Hercules, tug
Infanta Isabel, unprotected cruiser, second class; outfitting; Capt. Joaquín María Lazaga y Garay.
Infanta Maria Teresa, battleship, second rate; Capt. Victor María Concas y Palau.
Isabel II, unprotected cruiser, second class; Capt. Román López y Cepeda.
Isla de Cuba, protected cruiser, second class; Capt. José Sidrach de Cardona y Quesada.
Isla de Luzon, protected cruiser, second class; Capt. Fernando Barreto y González.
Isla de Mindanao.
Isla de Panay, auxiliary cruiser; Lt. Fernando Rodríguez y Thevenot.
Jorge Juan, sloop; Lt. Benigno Espósito y Peña.
Jose Garcia, side paddle steamer.
Legazpi, transport ship; Lt. Francisco Javier Tiscar y Croquer.
Lepanto, unprotected cruiser, refitting; Capt. Augustin Cuesta y Gómez.
Ligera, gunboat, third class; Lt. Antonio Pérez Rendón y Sanchez.
Lince, gunboat, third class; Lt. Salvador Gómez y Aguado.
Manila, Navy transport; Lt. Ramón Bullón y Fernández.
Magallanas, unprotected cruiser, third class; Lt. Vincente Pérez y Andújar.
Manuel L. Villaverde, transatlantic steamer, Compañia Trasatlántica Española.
Marqués de la Ensenada, protected cruiser, second class; Capt. Pedro Peral y Caballero.
Marqués de Maria Molina, unprotected cruiser, second class; Lt. Aurelio Matos y Jiménez.
Marqués del Duaro.
Martín Alonso Pinzón, torpedo cruiser; Lt. Manuel Cubelis y Serrano.
Mexico, transatlantic steamer.
Miguel Jover, unarmed steamer; captured 4/23/1898.
Montevideo, transport.
Montserrat, armed steamer and blockade runner; Capt. Manuel Deschamps Martínez.
Navarra, ship in special service; marine depository in Cartagena; Capt. Enrique de Ramos y Azcárraga.
Nueva España, torpedo boat; Lt. Eduardo Capelástequi y Guaxardo.
Numancia, battleship, second rate; refitting; Capt. Julián Garcia de la Vega y González.
Osado, torpedo cruiser; Lt. Manuel Guimerá y Ros.
Panama, armed transatlantic steamer; Compañia Trasatlántica Española; Capt. Quevedo.
Patriota (formerly passenger liner Normannia), auxiliary cruiser; Capt. Joaquin Barriere y Pérez.
Pelayo, battleship, first rate; Capt. José Fernándiz y Niño.
Pizarro, gunboat, first class; Lt. Enrique Leal y Rigal.
Plutón, torpedo cruiser; Capt. Fernando Villaamil Fernandez-Cueto.
Ponce de Leon, gunboat, second class; Lt. Joaquin Crístelly y Laborda.
Pontón Maria, store ship and harbor guard.
Princesa de Asturias, battleship, second rate; outfitting; Capt. Joaquín Bustamante y Quevado.
Proserpina, torpedo cruiser; Cmdr. Lt. Baldomero Sanchez de León y Muñoz.
Purisima Concepción, steamer and blockade runner; Fernando Gutierrez-Cueto.
Rapido (formerly passenger liner Columbia), auxiliary cruiser; Capt. Federico Campaño y Rosset.
Rapido, tug.
Reina Cristina, unprotected cruiser, first class; Capt. Luis Cadarso y Rey.
Reina Mercedes, unprotected cruiser, first class; Capt. Pedro Aguirre y Sáenz de Juano.
Relampago, auxiliary gunboat; sunk by the Cuban insurgents in 1896.
Restormel, collier.
Retamosa, torpedo boat; Lt. Manuel Calderón y Hostos.
San Augustín, transatlantic steamer.
Sandoval, gunboat, second class; Lt. Pablo Scandella y Beretta.
San Francisco, collier.
Santo Domingo, transatlantic steamer; Compañia Trasatlántica Española.
Temerario, torpedo cruiser; refitting; Capt. José Maria Chacón y Pery.
Terror, torpedo boat destroyer; Capt. Fernando Villaamil Fernandez-Cueto (flotilla commander); Lt. Francisco de la Bocha y Pérez.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa, gunboat, first class; Lt. Emiliano Enríguez y Loño.
Velasco, unprotected cruiser, second class; Capt. Eduardo Menacho y Tourné.
Villaverde (Manuel L. Villaverde) steamer in service of the government of Cuba; Capt. Presas.
Vincente Yáñez Pinzón, torpedo cruiser; Lt. Juan Baptista de Agullar y Armesto, Marqués de Montefuerte.
Vitoria, battleship, second rate; refitting; Capt. Salvador Rapallo y Aruela.
Vizcaya, battleship, second rate, Capt. Antonio Eulate y Fery.
