Battle of Cape Cherchell | |||||||
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Part of the Spanish Civil War | |||||||
![]() Republican cruiser Libertad | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
2 light cruisers 7 destroyers 2 cargo ships | 1 heavy cruiser | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 cargo ships | 1 heavy cruiser seriously damaged |
The Battle of Cape Cherchell was a naval battle between the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares and the Second Spanish Republic light cruisers Libertad and Méndez Núñez during the Spanish Civil War on 7 September 1937. The battle occurred in the Mediterranean Sea several miles north of the city of Cherchell in French Algeria.
Baleares was patrolling the Mediterranean and engaged the Libertad and Méndez Núñez of the Spanish Republican Navy which were protecting two merchant ships. Baleares was heavily damaged in two confrontations with Libertad and did little damage to the Republican ships, but forced the merchant ships to flee to Algeria where one wrecked and one was interned by the French. Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios was removed as Commander of the Republican Navy as a result of the battle.
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