Structure of the Spanish Navy in the 21st century
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Naval Structure of the Spanish Navy in the New Millennium - From the early years of the new century the structure of the Spanish Navy has change, and under the new structure all the Spanish Naval Force (F.A.M.) has been regrouped into four Naval regions under the general command of the Spanish Admiralty (i.e.: A.J.E.M.A. and A.L.M.A.R.T.) [2]
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[edit] The four Naval Regions of the Spanish Naval Force:
Naval Command of the Canary Islands: (With seven local naval commands):
- Naval Command of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- Naval Command of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Minor Naval Command of Santa Cruz de la Palma
- Minor Naval Command of Hierro
- Minor Naval Command of San Sebastián de la Gomera
- Minor Naval Command of Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura)
- Minor Naval Command of Arrecife de Lanzarote
Maritime Intervention Command of Cadiz: (With two military commands and eleven local naval commands):
- Military Naval Command of Ceuta
- Military Naval Command of Melilla
- Naval Command of Huelva
- Naval Command of Alicante
- Naval Command of Sevilla
- Naval Command of Valencia
- Naval Command of Algeciras
- Naval Command of Castellón
- Naval Command of Málaga
- Naval Command of Tarragona
- Naval Command of Cádiz [1]
Maritime Intervention Command of Ferrol [2] (With command over eight local naval commands):
- Naval Command of San Sebastián
- Naval Command of Bilbao
- Naval Command of Santander
- Naval Command of Gijón
- Naval Command of La Coruña [3]
- Naval Command of Vilagarcía
- Naval Command of Vigo
- Naval Command of Miño
Naval Sector of the Balearic Islands: (With command over tree military naval commands):
- Military Naval Command of Palma de Mayorca
- Military Naval Command of Ibiza
- Military Naval Command of Mahón
[edit] References
- ^ Cádiz City and Naval Station in South-western Spain.Since the 18th Century has always been the Spanish Navy's Capital Maritime Department of the South-Atlantic now re-branded as Spanish Navy's Maritime Intervention Command of Cadiz. .
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- Cartagena City and Naval Station in South-eastern Spain. From the 18th Century till the early years of the 21st century it was the Spanish Navy's Capital Maritime Department of the Mediterranean now re-branded as Spanish Navy's Maritime Intervention Command of Cadiz. .[1]
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- ^ Ferrol City and Naval Station in North-western Spain. Since the 17th Century has always been the Spanish Navy's Capital of Maritime Department of the North now re-branded as Spanish Navy's Maritime Intervention Command of Ferrol. In the 17th century was the most important arsenal in Europe.
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- Ships Built in the Shipyards of El Ferrol between 1750 and 1909
- The Spanish Royal Academy of Naval Engineers (the first one of its kind was created in 1772 in El Ferrol during the reign of Charles III of Spain)
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- ^ In 2009 the Naval Command of La Coruña will desapear completely due to its redundant role and proximity to the Naval Station of El Ferrol where the General Headquaters for the Maritime Intervention Command of Northern Spain is located since the arrival of the Bourbons in Spain.
[edit] See also
- Spanish Marines were formed in (1537), making it the oldest Marine Corps in the world, drawing from the Compañías Viejas del Mar de Nápoles.
- Battle of Trafalgar. The Napoleonic Spanish & French fleets versus Nelson and the British fleet @ Cape Trafalgar (1805). See also: Churruca
- Spanish-American War. The loss of the last "Spanish Possessions in the Americas and the Pacific: Cuba, Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States of America (1898). See also: Treaty of Paris (1898).
[edit] External links
- (English) Official Web-site of the Spanish Navy
- (English) Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier design and made in Ferrol 1997
- (English) Auxiliary Oiler and replenishment ship (Spanish and Dutch project) made in Ferrol 1994
- (Spanish) The "Revista Naval" page published in Ferrol in Spanish for the "Armada Española"
- (English) Aerial Views of Ferrol in North Western Spain 2004
- (English) Vessels Blockading various French and Spanish ports - May 1805.
- (English) Licensed shipyard in Cartagena, Colombia
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