Battle of Cape Spartel (1936)

Battle of Cape Spartel
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Date 29 September 1936 Location Cape Spartel, near Tangier, present-day Morocco Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain
Commanders and leaders
Fernando Navarro Capdevila	Francisco Moreno Fernández
Strength
2 destroyers	1 heavy cruiser 1 light cruiser
Casualties and losses
1 destroyer sunk 1 destroyer damaged	None

The Battle of Cape Spartel (Cabo Espartel in Spanish) was a naval battle of the Spanish Civil War that broke the Republican naval blockade of the Strait of Gibraltar, securing the maritime supply route to Spanish Morocco for the Nationalists early in the war. The action occurred on 29 September 1936 between two Nationalist cruisers and two Republican destroyers.