# List of foreign ships wrecked or lost in the Spanish Civil War

The following is a list of foreign ships wrecked or lost during the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939). Only one of these vessels lost belonged to a foreign navy – Chasseur 91, a French antisubmarine patrol boat – the remainder being civilian ships from different countries, most of them merchantmen involved in maritime trade with the Spanish Republic.

## List of ships

Foreign ships sunk, wrecked or lost while involved in shipping along Spain from July 1936 to April 1939.

### British flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of incident | Aftermath |
| African Mariner, 6,581 ton 22 January 1939 | African & Continental, London | Air attack at Barcelona | Raised by Nationalist ships on 18 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Montjuich |
| Alcira, 1,387 ton 4 February 1938 | J. Bruce & Co., Glasgow | Air attack off Barcelona | Sunk in deep waters |
| Arlon, 4,903 ton 27 June 1938 | Arlon S.S. Co. | Air attack at Valencia | Set ablaze - Towed outside the port and sunk |
| Blue Shadow, 34 ton 9 August 1936 | Eloise Drake | Surface action - Shelled by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera at Gijon | Yacht wrecked, skipper killed. American owner Eloise Drake and two members of the crew wounded, rescued by destroyer HMS Comet. |
| Dellwyn, 1,451 ton 27 July 1938 | Dillwyn S. S. Co., Swansea | Air attack at Gandia | Raised by Nationalist ships on 10 May 1939, confiscated and renamed Castilla Montesa |
| Eleni, 1,138 ton 30 November 1938 | Inter Levant Co. Ltd. | Air attack at Águilas | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940, confiscated and renamed Castillo Vera |
| Endymion, 887 ton 21 January 1938 | Verano S.S. Co., Gibraltar | Torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Sanjurjo off Cape Tiñoso | Sunk in deep waters. Submarine's commander dismissed after British protest |
| English Tanker, 5,387 ton 6 June 1938 | Spanish Republic Campsa-Gentibus, Madrid | Air attack at Alicante | Raised by Nationalist ships on 26 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Almenara |
| Farnham, 4,793 ton 27 June 1938 | Alpha S.S. Co., London | Air attack at Alicante | Raised by Nationalist ships on 27 June 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Montiel |
| Foynes, 822 ton 27 June 1937 | Limerick S.S. Co., Limerick | Air attack at Valencia | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940, confiscated and renamed Castillo Riaza |
| Greatend, 1,495 ton 28 May 1938 | NewbiginS.S. Co., Newcastle | Air attack at Valencia | Raised by Nationalist ships on 24 November 1938, confiscated and renamed Castillo Noreña |
| Isadora, 1,324 9 June 1938 | Stone & Rolfe, Belfast | Air attack at Castellon | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Frías |
| Jean Weems, 2,349 tons 30 October 1937 | Thameside Ship Co., London | Air attack off Santander | Sunk in deep waters |
| Lake Lugano, 2,120 ton 28 January 1939 | Strubin & Co., London | Damaged by air attack on 6 August 1938; abandoned and eventually beached off Palamos Surface action - Shelled and wrecked in situ by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mar Negro | Sunk in shallow waters |
| Lucky, 1,235 ton 10 February 1938 | Toussi Ship Co., Gibraltar | Air attack at Valencia | Raised by Nationalist ships on 24 May 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Benisano |
| Miocene, 2,153 ton 24 January 1939 | Spanish Republic Campsa-Gentibus, Madrid | Air attack at Barcelona | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940 and confiscated, but eventually scrapped in 1944 |
| Penthames, 3,995 ton 31 May 1938 | D. P. Barnett, London | Air attack off Valencia | Sunk in deep waters |
| St. Winifred, 5,683 ton 6 June 1938 | Barry Shipping Co. Ltd. | Air attack at Alicante | Heavily damaged. Hull sold to an Italian company which rebuilt her as Capo Vita. |
| Stanburgh, 1,095 ton 4 November 1938 | Billmeir, London | Internal explosion off Sète, France, while on passage to Barcelona | Beached and later scrapped |
| Stancroft, 1,407 ton 27 December 1938 | Billmeir, London | Air attack at Barcelona | Raised by Nationalist ships on 24 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Almansa |
| Standale, 2,456 ton 12 May 1937 | Billmeir, London | Foundered off Berlengas islands while bound to Cartagena | Sank in deep waters |
| Stangrove, 516 ton 23 February 1939 | Billmeir, London | Surface action - Shelled and seized by the Nationalist gunboat Dato off Cap de Creus | Ran aground in a gale while in custody at Palma de Mallorca. Skipper killed in the wreckage. Raised by Nationalist ships in 1941, confiscated and renamed Castilla del Oro (Condestable in 1944) |
| Sunion, 3,054 ton 22 June 1938 | African & Continental S.S. Co., London | Air attack off Valencia | Sunk in deep waters |
| Thorpehall, 1,251 ton 25 May 1938 | Westcliff S.S., London | Air attack off Valencia | Sunk in deep waters |
| Thorpeheaven, 3,683 ton 10 June 1938 | Westcliff S.S. Co., London | Air attack at Alicante | Raised by Nationalist ships on 18 May 1938, confiscated and renamed Castillo Guadalest |
| Thorpeness, 4,798 ton 21 June 1938 | Westcliff S.S. Co., London | Air attack off Valencia | Sunk in deep waters |
| Ulmus, 2,733 ton 18 January 1939 | Reardon Smith, Cardiff | Accidental fire at the Strait of Gibraltar | Abandoned. Salvaged and towed to Gibraltar. |
| Woodford, 6,987 ton 1 September 1937 | Spanish Republic Cº Primera de Navegación, Ltd. | Torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Diaspro off Columbretes islands | Sunk in deep waters |
| Yorkbrook, 1,370 ton 13 October 1938 | Angel Sons & Co., Cardiff | Air attack at Barcelona | Raised by Nationalist ships on 16 January 1940, confiscated and renamed Castillo Monteagudo. |

### French flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Artois, 439 ton 14 August 1938 | Marseille Maritime, Marseilles | Hit a mine while en route from Marseilles to Oran | Sank in depth waters |
| Aunis, 439 ton 15 January 1939 | Marseille Maritime, Marseilles | Surface action - Seized by the Nationalist gunboat Dato | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Valldemosa |
| Azelma, 177 ton 25 January 1939 | unknown | Air attack at Sant Feliu de Guíxols | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940, confiscated and renamed Castillo Javier |
| Belle Hirondelle 2 May 1937 | unknown | Internal explosion off Palma de Mallorca | Sank in deep waters |
| Brisbane, 4,004 ton 8 June 1938 | André Puech, Paris | Air attack off Denia | Beached, total loss |
| Cap Bear, 212 ton 15 June 1938 | G. Ciamoni, Marseilles | Air attack at Valencia | Total loss |
| Chausser 91 20 October 1938 | Marine Nationale | Air attack at Fornells | Total loss |
| El Djem, 2,575 ton 30 May 1938 | Soc. Maritime Nationale, Paris | Air attack off El Grau, Valencia | Total loss |
| Francois, 3,457 ton 21 December 1937 | Soc. Commerciale d'afrettements et Commissiones, Paris | Surface action - Seized by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mallorca at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Andrade |
| Gaulois, 500 tons 15 June 1938 | Enterprise Cotière des Transports Maritimes, Marseille | Air attack at Valencia | Raised by Nationalist ships on 28 September 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Turégano |
| Guaruja, 4,282 ton 2 January 1938 | Transports Maritimes, Paris | Grounded at Punta Polacra | Total loss |
| La Corse, 643 ton 4 November 1938 | S.A.R. Louis Carlini, Marseilles | Air attack off Cape Matara | Raised by Nationalist ships, confiscated and renamed Castillo Jarandilla |
| Liberte 6 July 1937 | La Peche Française, Fecamp | Surface action - Seized by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera | Confiscated and renamed Castillo Almodóvar |
| Oued Mellah, 2,414 ton 24 October 1937 | Cia. de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles | Air attack off Balearic Islands | Sunk in deep waters |
| Saint Prosper, 4,330 ton 8 March 1939 | Soc. Navale de L'Ouest | Hit a mine while bound for Algiers | Sank with all hands |
| Sydney, 4,937 ton 17 December 1937 | Soc. Commerciale d'afrettements et Commissiones, Paris | Surface action - Seized by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Lázaro at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Simancas |
| Tregastel, 1,046 ton 28 September 1938 | France Navegation, Paris | Grounded at Cadaqués | Total loss |
| Yolande, 1,733 ton 26 January 1939 | R. Gardellá, Paris | Air attack at Barcelona | Total loss |

### Soviet flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Blagoev, 3,100 ton 3 September 1937 | Sovietflot | Torpedoed and sunk off Skyros by the Italian submarine Settembrini | Sunk in deep waters |
| Katayama, 3,209 ton 17 October 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist minelayer Vulcano | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Ampudia |
| Komsomol, 5,109 ton 14 December 1936 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Canarias | Sunk in deep waters |
| Lensovet, 4,718 ton 19 March 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by Nationalist patrol boats at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Bellver |
| Max Hoels, 3,472 ton 2 November 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist minelayer Vulcano | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Montealegre |
| Potishev, 3,545 ton 31 May 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Vicente Puchol | Confiscated, renamed Castillo de Olite |
| Skvortzov Stepanov, 2,152 ton 26 May 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist cruiser Canarias | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Maqueda |
| Smidovich, 2,485 ton 10 January 1937 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist destroyer Velasco off Bilbao | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Peñafiel |
| Timiryazev, 2,151 ton 31 August 1937 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Torpedoed and sunk by the Italian destroyer Turbine off Tigzirt | Sunk in deep waters |
| Tsyurupa, 2,081 23 October 1938 | Sovietflot | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Villafranca |

### Greek flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Ellinico Vuono, 3,667 ton 19 May 1938 | T. Papadimitrou, Pireus | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist cruiser Canarias near Cape Passero | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Mombeltrán |
| Gardelaki, 2,282 ton 28 March 1937 | E. Theophilatos, Ithaca | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Uad Kert on the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Tarifa |
| Lena, 1,735 ton 30 March 1938 | Jean Milonas, Paris | Torpedoed by a submarine - apparently the Nationalist General Mola | Towed to Barcelona, and sank there in shallow waters. Raised by Nationalist ships, confiscated, and renamed Castillo Moncada |
| Loukia, 2,143 ton 4 March 1937 | Mavris & Diacon Zadeh, Istanbul | Hit a mine off Cape San Sebastian | Sank in deep waters |
| Loulis, 330 ton 25 February 1939 | unknown | Hit a mine off Cap de Creus | Sank in deep waters |
| Nagos, 1,926 ton 5 April 1937 | J.G. Livanos, Chios | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Maria Teresa at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated and renamed Castillo Monforte |
| Nicolau Eleni, 4,528 ton 9 November 1938 | Georgios Nicolau, Pireus | Surface action - Captured by a Nationalist patrol boat at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated and renamed Castillo Madrigal |
| Poli, 2,861 ton 2 April 1937 | E. Vintiades, Genoa | Surface action - Shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Baleares | Sunk in deep waters |
| Victoria, 6,600 ton 11 November 1938 | Georgios Nicolau, London | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mar Cantábrico | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Oropesa |

### Panamanian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Andra, 1,384 ton 6 April 1937 | Socdeco, Antwerp | Surface action - Shelled and sunk by the Nationalist armed trawler Galerna off Santoña | Sunk in deep waters |
| Authorpe, 274 ton 6 January 1939 | Marseille Maritime, Marseilles | Air attack at Alicante | Raised by Nationalist ships in 1939, confiscated and renamed Alhucemas |
| Geo McKnight, 12,442 ton 15 August 1937 | Waried Tankschiff (Esso affiliated) | Surface action - Shelled and torpedoed by the Italian destroyer Freccia off Tunis | Ran aground after being abandoned |
| Hordena, 2,667 ton 16 April 1937 | Scotia Corp., Paris | Surface action - Captured by Nationalist cruiser Almirante Cervera | Confiscated and renamed Castillo la Mota |
| Janu, 1,347 ton 14 March 1937 | Socdeco, Antwerp | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Huelva | Confiscated and renamed Castillo Arévalo y Tarifa |
| Nausicaa, 5,005 ton 27 May 1938 | Veniselos, Pireus | Air attack south of Menorca | Sunk in deep waters |
| Reina, 1,436 ton 19 October 1937 | Scotia Corp., Paris | Air attack at Gijon | Raised by Nationalist ships on 30 June 1938, confiscated and renamed Castillo Olmedo |
| Wintonia, 168 ton 30 May 1938 | C. Calunietti, Ciudad de Panama | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist cruiser squadron | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Rio Seco y Finisterre |

### Danish flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Bodil, 844 ton 29 July 1938 | J. Lauritzen A/S, Copenhagen | Air attack at Palamos | Sunk in deep waters |
| Edith, 1,566 ton 13 August 1938 | J. Lauritzen, Copenhaguen | Air attack off Balearic Islands | Sunk in deep waters |
| Jan, 1,739 ton 26 May 1938 | Holm & Wonsild, Copenhaguen | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Iñasi | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Coca |

### Norwegian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Alix, 1,115 ton 30 March 1938 | A.S. Salvesen, Oslo | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Huelva off Gibraltar | Grounded and lost off Santoña |
| Gulnes, 1,195 ton 7 December 1936 | H. Storaas, Bergen | Bombed by Republican aircraft at Seville | Broken up in Vado Ligure, Italy, in May 1937 |
| Skottland, 736 ton 1 January 1938 | A.S. Skottland, Norddbo | Struck a reef off Santander | Total loss |
| Skulda, 1,105 ton 21 July 1938 | W. Hanseu, Bergen | Surface action - Captured by Nationalist patrol boats at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Daroca |

### Dutch flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Hanna, 3,730 ton 11 November 1938 | F.W. Vittenbogaart, Rotterdam | Torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist submarine General Mola off Cape San Antonio | Sunk in deep waters |
| Jonge Jacobus, 1,757 ton 27 January 1937 | Midelansch Zeevart, Rotterdam | Foundered off Berlengas Islands | Sank in deep waters |

### Estonian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Juss, 1,187 ton 22 January 1938 | unknown | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mallorca at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Gibralfaro |
| Pomaron, 1,743 ton 21 January 1938 | Strubin & Co., London | Surface action - Captured by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Vicente Puchol at the Strait of Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Butrón |

### German flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Luise Leonhardt, 4,475 ton 3 January 1938 | Leonhardt & Blumberg, Hamburg | Foundered at Melilla | Total loss |
| Süd IV, 248 ton 12 April 1938 | Walfang-Kontor, Hamburg | Stranded at Cape Gando | Total loss |

### Belgian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Arctic, 147 ton 30 January 1938 | Brunet & Co., Ostend | Grounded near Corunna | Total loss |

### Italian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Iolanda, 1,243 ton 1 March 1937 | unknown | Foundered off Cadiz | Sank in deep waters |

### Latvian flag

| Name and date of loss | Ship's owner | Type of Incident | Aftermath |
| Everards, 3,075 ton 19 November 1938 | F. Grauds, Riga | Surface action - Captured by Nationalist patrol boats off Gibraltar | Confiscated, renamed Castillo Fuensaldaña |

## Footnotes

* ↑ The owner later salvaged the hull, which remained docked at England in 1939, after Ms. Drake purchased another yacht in 1938.
* ↑ Republican sources claim that Lake Lugano was shelled by the heavy cruiser Canarias, but the only naval bombardment on a British freighter at Palamós recorded by Nationalist reports on this date was actually carried out by Mar Negro.
* ↑ Still visible via satellital images at 41°50′50″N 03°07′09″E﻿ / ﻿41.84722°N 3.11917°E﻿ / 41.84722; 3.11917
* ↑ Seized by Italian authorities while being rebuilt at Savona in a shipyard on 10 June 1940, when Italy entered World War II
* ↑ Captured by the Nationalist cruiser Canarias off Bilbao, rescued and forcibly taken to Bermeo by the Basque naval trawler Bizcaia on 4 March 1937. Captured again by Nationalist armed trawlers and minelayer Júpiter on 5 October 1938. Released 20 November
* ↑ Scuttled by its crew per Soviet sources
* ↑ Sunk in March 1939 by Republican coastal batteries at Cartagena during a landing attempt
* ↑ While some authors assess Geo McKnight as a total loss, she was actually rescued while adrift off Bizerte by tugs of the Italian company Tripcovich, repaired and upgraded at Trieste and sold to a British company under the name Esso Edinburgh. The tanker served under British flag during World War II