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cruiser the Baleares, a Canarias-class heavy cruiser saw service during the Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Naval cruiser the Baleares, a Canarias-class heavy cruiser saw service during the Spanish Civil War, when she was torpedoed and sunk by destroyers of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Battle of Cape Palos. Out of her crew of 1,206, she had 765 seamen killed or missing, among them Vice-Admiral Manuel Vierna Belando, commander of the cruiser division.
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cruiser the Baleares, a Canarias-class heavy cruiser saw service during the Spanish Civil War
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The Spanish Naval cruiser the Baleares, a Canarias-class heavy cruiser saw service during the Spanish Civil War, when she was torpedoed and sunk by destroyers of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Battle of Cape Palos. Out of her crew of 1,206, she had 765 seamen killed or missing, among them Vice-Admiral Manuel Vierna Belando, commander of the cruiser division.
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49.5 x 30.4 cm | 19.5 x 12.0 in (300 dpi)