SPAIN

Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, the battleship "Spain", moored in Ferrol, and already out of operational use due to its age, was taken over by the National Forces. She quickly conditioned it to operate in the Bay of Biscay, accompanied by the destroyer "Velasco", in blockade missions of the Republican coast. On April 30, 1937, while she was trying to intercept an English freighter, off the coast of Santander, off Cape Ajo, she collided with a mine that caused a large leak and her sinking. Except for 5 sailors who died from the mine explosion, the crew was rescued by the Velasco. The place where the ship rests, with more than 130 meters in length, is located about 3.5 miles north of the island of Mouro, in front of the town of Galizano, at a depth of about 70 meters. The dive to visit the wreck is complicated, it requires a very high level of technical diving together with the appropriate equipment.
Various sources
LOCATION
Autonomous Community: Cantabria
Provincia: Cantabria
Localidad: Bahía de Santander
Centers
- Location: Bay of Santander Location: Bay of Santander
- Location: Bay of Santander http://www.mourosub.com/portal/
REQUEST DETAILS
Apelativo: Abuelo
Año del hundimiento: 1937
Causas: Impacto con una mina
Año de construcción: 1915
Lugar: SECN (El Ferrol)
Eslora: 132
Manga: 24
Puntal (altura): 8
Profundidad máxima: 72
Profundidad media: 60
Profundidad mínima: 65
OTHER SOURCES
- http://www.revistanaval.com/armada/buques1/espagna.htm
- http://www.buceodonosti.com/buceodonosti/de/inmersion-en-el-acorazado-espana.asp?cod=2542&nombre=2542&sesion=1
- http://elpais.com/diario/1976/05/18/espana/201218417_850215.html
- http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?86917
- http://fotografiaantiguadecantabria.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/el-acorazado-espana-hundido-frente.html