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In this
Spanish name, the first or paternal
surname is
Warleta and the second or maternal family name is
Ordovás.
Ismael Warleta y Ordovás (1836,
Madrid – 9 August 1898)
[1] was a
Spanish
admiral who served as the
Chief of Staff of the
Spanish Navy from 20 August 1897
[2] until his death on 9 August 1898
[1] (although his successor was not appointed until 30 March 1899).
[3] Warleta's tenure as chief of naval staff coincided with the
Spanish–American War, during which he attended a meeting on 23 April 1898 led by the naval minister
Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, where he supported the proposal of deploying Admiral
Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron to
Cuba—a decision that led to the
Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
[4] Previously, he had served as the head of the
logistics branch of the
Ministry of the Navy,
[2] and from 1888 until 1890 he commanded the
cruiser
Reina Regente as a
ship-of-the-line captain.
[5]
References
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a
b
Revisto de Historia Aeronáutica Nº 25, (2007).
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a
b
Reales decretos nombrando, Capitán general del Departamento de Cádiz, á D. Domingo de Castro; Jefe de Armamentos de la Carraca, á Don Juan Jácome; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Ismael Warleta; Director del Material del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Manuel de la Cámara; segundo Jefe del Apostadero de la Habana, á D. Luis Pastor; Jefe de la Comisión. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 232, de 20/08/1897, páginas 666 a 667.
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Reales decretos nombrando, Subsecretario del Ministerio de Marina y Jefe de Estado Mayor general de la Armada, al Contraalmirante D. Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles; Presidente del Centro Técnico de la Marina, al Vicealmirante de la Armada D. José Navarro y Fernández; Vocales del Centro Técnico de la Marina, á los Contraalmirantes Don Eduardo Reinoso y Díez de Tejada. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 89, de 30/03/1899, páginas 1186 a 1187.
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Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899),
Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
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El “Reina Regente” y la Jeune École (27 de enero de 2015).