page_title: Fernando Villaamil
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando Villaamil
caption_attribution_description: Depicted person&#58; &#32;Fernando Villaamil&#32;– Spanish travel writer
context_page_description: Fernando Villaamil Fernández-Cueto was a Spanish naval officer, remembered for his internationally recognized professionalism, for being the designer of the first destroyer warship in history and for his death in action during the naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba of the Spanish–American War, being the highest ranking Spanish officer to suffer this fate in that conflict.
context_section_description: Fernando Villaamil Fernández-Cueto (November 23, 1845 – July 3, 1898) was a Spanish naval officer, remembered for his internationally recognized professionalism, for being the designer of the first destroyer warship in history and for his death in action during the naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba of the Spanish–American War, being the highest ranking Spanish officer to suffer this fate in that conflict.
caption: Formal photo portrait, c.1897
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