Battle of Cabo de Palos, 5th/6th March, 1938
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During the night of 5th/6th March, 1938, the largest sea battle of the Spanish Civil War took place 60 miles of the coast of Cabo de Palos, near Cartagena, one of Spain’s major ports and naval establishments.
A Nationalist battle-cruiser, ‘Baleares’ was sunk with the loss of many lives. Although part of the blockade of the Spanish Coast, two destroyers HMS Kampenfeld and HMS Boreas were dispatched to the area to render assistance and whilst doing so, they were bombed by Republican ‘planes who mistook the British ships for Nationalist ships.