Battle of Cape Cherchell

1937 CE.

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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.

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