Battle of Cape Cherchell 1937
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 7 September 1937 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1937 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Nearest landmass | At sea (nearest continent: Africa) | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Africa | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Spanish Civil War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 36.9069, 2.2033 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Cape Cherchell was a naval battle between the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares and the Spanish Republican Navy light cruisers Libertad and Méndez Núñez during the Spanish Civil War on 7 September 1937. The cruiser action occurred in the Mediterranean Sea north of the city of Cherchell in French Algeria.
Baleares was patrolling the Mediterranean and engaged Libertad and Méndez Núñez, which were protecting two merchant ships. Baleares was heavily damaged in two exchanges of fire with Libertad and did little damage to the Republican ships, but forced the merchant ships to head to the Algerian coast where one wrecked and one was interned by French authorities. Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios was dismissed as commander of the Republican Navy as a result of the battle.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Battle of Cape Cherchell (revision 1370436158), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; formatting and citations removed. No text added.
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