Buenos Aires and her consorts passed Gibraltar on 17 June 1898[4] (first detaching Alfonso XII and Antonio Lopez to make independent voyages to the Caribbean), and arrived at Port Said, Egypt on 26 June 1898.[5] There Camara requested permission to transship coal, which the Egyptian government finally denied on 30 June 1898 out of concern for Egyptian neutrality.[6]
By the time Buenos Aires and the rest of Camara's squadron arrived at Suez on 5 July 1898,[7] the squadron of Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete had been annihilated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba, freeing up the U.S. Navy's heavy forces from the blockade of Santiago de Cuba. Fearful for the security of the Spanish coast, the Spanish Ministry of Marine recalled Camara's squadron on 7 July 1898.[8]Buenos Aires and the rest of the squadron departed Suez on 11 July 1898 for Spain.[9]
By the end of July 1898, Buenos Aires had returned to commercial service. After a long life, she was scrapped in 1942.[10]
Notesedit
^Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Buenos Aires (Transport, 1898)
^The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Pelayo
^Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Buenos Aires (Transport, 1898)
Referencesedit
Cervera Y Topete, Pascual. Office of Naval Intelligence War Notes No. VII: Information From Abroad: The Spanish–American War: A Collection of Documents Relative to the Squadron Operations in the West Indies, Translated From the Spanish. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1899.
Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Spanish Navy Ships: Buenos Aires (Transport, 1898)
The Spanish–American War Centennial Website: Pelayo
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spanish, transport, buenos, aires, 1887, buenos, aires, merchant, ship, requisitioned, transport, spanish, navy, june, july, 1898, during, spanish, american, buenos, aires, with, camara, squadron, port, said, 1898, three, funnels, behind, belong, armored, crui. Buenos Aires was a merchant ship requisitioned for use as a transport by the Spanish Navy in June and July 1898 during the Spanish American War Buenos Aires with Camara s squadron at Port Said in 1898 The three funnels behind her belong to armored cruiser Emperador Carlos VHistoryNameBuenos AiresNamesakeBuenos Aires the capital of ArgentinaBuilderWilliam Denny and BrothersCompleted1887Acquired1898FateReturned to mercantile service 1898 scrapped 1942NotesIn mercantile service 1887 1898 and 1898 1942General characteristicsTypeTransportPropulsionsteamBuenos Aires was built in 1887 and was in commercial service until the Spanish Navy requisitioned her for Spanish American War service in June 1898 1 Serving as a transport she became part of the relief expedition for the Philippines commanded by Rear Admiral Manuel de Camara and charged with destroying the United States Navy Asiatic Squadron of Commodore George Dewey there as well as with delivering 4 000 Spanish Army troops to reinforce the Philippines 2 Camara s squadron consisting of battleship Pelayo armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V auxiliary cruisers Patriota and Rapido destroyers Audaz Osado and Proserpina and transports Panay Alfonso XII and Antonio Lopez and four colliers as well as Buenos Aires sortied from Cadiz on 16 June 1898 3 Buenos Aires and her consorts passed Gibraltar on 17 June 1898 4 first detaching Alfonso XII and Antonio Lopez to make independent voyages to the Caribbean and arrived at Port Said Egypt on 26 June 1898 5 There Camara requested permission to transship coal which the Egyptian government finally denied on 30 June 1898 out of concern for Egyptian neutrality 6 By the time Buenos Aires and the rest of Camara s squadron arrived at Suez on 5 July 1898 7 the squadron of Vice Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete had been annihilated in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba freeing up the U S Navy s heavy forces from the blockade of Santiago de Cuba Fearful for the security of the Spanish coast the Spanish Ministry of Marine recalled Camara s squadron on 7 July 1898 8 Buenos Aires and the rest of the squadron departed Suez on 11 July 1898 for Spain 9 By the end of July 1898 Buenos Aires had returned to commercial service After a long life she was scrapped in 1942 10 Notes edit Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images Spanish Navy Ships Buenos Aires Transport 1898 Nofi p 168 Nofi p 273 Nofi p 168 Cervera s papers p 154 Cervera s papers p 154 Nofi p 282 Nofi p 283 The Spanish American War Centennial Website Pelayo Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images Spanish Navy Ships Buenos Aires Transport 1898 References editCervera Y Topete Pascual Office of Naval Intelligence War Notes No VII Information From Abroad The Spanish American War A Collection of Documents Relative to the Squadron Operations in the West Indies Translated From the Spanish Washington D C Government Printing Office 1899 Nofi Albert A The Spanish American War 1898 Conshohocken Pennsylvania Combined Books Inc 1996 ISBN 0 938289 57 8 External links editDepartment of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images Spanish Navy Ships Buenos Aires Transport 1898 The Spanish American War Centennial Website Pelayo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Spanish transport Buenos Aires 1887 amp oldid 1095072390, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
