Belgian flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Arctic,
147 ton,
30 Jan. 1938		 Brunet & Co., Ostend Grounded near Coruna Total loss

British flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
African Mariner,
6581 ton,
22 Jan. 1939		 African & Continental, London Air attack at Barcelona Raised by Nationalist ships on 18 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Montjuich
Alcira,
1387 ton,
4 Feb. 1938		 J. Bruce & Co., Glasgow Air attack off Barcelona Sunk in deep waters
Arlon,
4903 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 Aug. 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,
1451 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,
1138 ton,
30 Nov. 1938		 Inter Levant Co. Ltd. Air attack at Águilas Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940,
confiscated and renamed Castillo Vera
Endymion,
887 ton,
21 Jan. 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,
5387 ton,
6 June 1938		 Campsa-Gentibus, Madrid Air attack at Alicante Raised by Nationalist ships on 26 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Almenara
Farnham,
4793 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,
1495 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,
1324 ton,
9 June 1938		 Stone & Rolfe, Belfast Air attack at Castellon Raised by Nationalist ships in 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Frías
Jean Weems,
2349 tons,
30 Oct. 1937		 Thameside Ship Co., London Air attack off Santander Sunk in deep waters
Lake Lugano,
2120 ton,
28 Jan. 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,
1235 ton,
10 Feb. 1938		 Toussi Ship Co., Gibraltar Air attack at Valencia Raised by Nationalist ships on 24 May 1939,
confiscated and renamed Castillo Benisano
Miocene,
2153 ton,
24 Jan. 1939		 Campsa-Gentibus, Madrid Air attack at Barcelona Raised by Nationalist ships in 1940 and
confiscated, but eventually scrapped in 1944
Penthames,
3995 ton,
31 May 1938		 D. P. Barnett, London Air attack off Valencia Sunk in deep waters
St. Winifred,
5683 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,
1095 ton,
4 Nov. 1938		 Billmeir, London Internal explosion off Sète,
France, while on passage to
Barcelona		 Beached and later scrapped
Stancroft,
1407 ton,
27 Dec. 1938		 Billmeir, London Air attack at Barcelona Raised by Nationalist ships on 24 April 1939, confiscated and renamed Castillo Almansa
Standale,
2456 ton,
12 May 1937		 Billmeir, London Foundered off Berlengas
islands while bound to
Cartagena		 Sank in deep waters
Stangrove,
516 ton,
23 Feb. 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 1939, confiscated and renamed Castilla
del Oro (later Condestable)
Sunion,
3054 ton,
22 June 1938		 African & Continental S.S. Co., London Air attack off Valencia Sunk in deep waters
Thorpehall,
1251 ton,
25 May 1938		 Westcliff S.S., London Air attack off Valencia Sunk in deep waters
Thorpeheaven,
3683 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,
4798 ton,
21 June 1938		 Westcliff S.S. Co., London Air attack off Valencia Sunk in deep waters
Ulmus,
2733 ton,
18 Jan. 1939		 Reardon Smith, Cardiff Accidental fire at the Strait of Gibraltar Abandoned. Salvaged by Nationalist warships, towed to Barcelona
Woodford,
6987 ton,
1 Sep. 1937		 Cº Primera de Navegación, Ltd. Torpedoed and sunk by
the Italian submarine
Diaspro off Columbretes
Islands		 Sunk in deep waters
Yorkbrook,
1370 ton,
13 Oct. 1938		 Angel Sons & Co., Cardiff Air attack at Barcelona Raised by Nationalist ships on 16 January 1940, confiscated and renamed Castillo Monteagudo

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,
1566 ton,
13 Aug. 1938		 J. Lauritzen, Copenhagen Air attack off Balearic Islands Sunk in deep waters
Jan,
1739 ton,
26 May 1938		 Holm & Wonsild, Copenhagen Surface action – Captured by
the Nationalist patrol boat Iñasi		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Coca

Dutch flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Hanna,
3730 ton,
11 Nov. 1938		 F.W. Wittenbogaart, Rotterdam Torpedoed and sunk by the Nationalist
submarine General Mola off Cape San Antonio		 Sunk in deep waters
Jonge Jacobus,
1757 ton,
27 Jan. 1937		 Middelandsche Zeevaart, Rotterdam Foundered off Berlengas Islands Sunk in deep waters

Estonian flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Juss,
1187 ton,
22 Jan. 1938		 unknown Surface action – Captured by the
Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mallorca 
at the Strait of Gibraltar		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Gibralfaro
Pomaron,
1743 ton,
21 Jan. 1938		 Strubin & Co., London Surface action – Captured by the
Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Vicente
Puchol at the Strait of Gibraltar		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Butrón

French flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
France Artois,
439 ton,
14 Aug. 1938		 Marseille Maritime, Marseilles Hit a mine while en route
from Marseilles to Oran		 Sunk in deep waters
Aunis,
439 ton,
15 Jan. 1939		 Marseille Maritime, Marseilles Surface action – Seized by the Nationalist gunboat Dato Confiscated, renamed Castillo
Valldemosa
Azelma,
177 ton,
25 Jan. 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		 Sunk in deep waters
Brisbane,
4004 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 Oct. 1938		 Marine Nationale Air attack at Fornells Total loss
El Djem,
2575 ton,
30 May 1938		 Soc. Maritime Nationale, Paris Air attack off El Grau, Valencia Total loss
Francois,
3457 ton,
21 Dec. 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,
4282 ton,
2 Jan. 1938		 France Transports Maritimes, Paris Grounded at Punta Polacra Total loss
La Corse,
643 ton,
4 Nov. 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,
2414 ton,
24 Oct. 1937		 Cia. de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles Air attack off Balearic Islands Sunk in deep waters
Saint Prosper,
4330 ton,
8 March 1939		 Soc. Navale de L’Ouest Hit a mine while bound for Algiers Sank with all hands
Sydney,
4937 ton,
17 Dec. 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 Sep. 1938		 France Navegation, Paris Grounded at Cadaqués Total loss
Yolande,
1733 ton,
26 Jan. 1939		 R. Gardellá, Paris Air attack at Barcelona Total loss

Greek flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Ellinico Vuono,
3667 ton,
19 May 1938		 T. Papadimitrou, Pireus Surface action – Captured by the
Nationalist cruiser Canarias near
Cape Passer		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Mombeltrán
Gardelaki,
2282 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,
1735 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,
2143 ton,
4 March 1937		 Mavris & Diacon Zadeh, Istanbul Hit a mine off Cape San Sebastian Sank in deep waters
Loulis,
330 ton,
25 Feb. 1939		 unknown Hit a mine off Cap de Creus Sank in deep waters
Nagos,
1926 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,
4528 ton,
9 Nov. 1938		 Georgios Nicolau, Pireus Surface action – Captured by
Nationalist patrol boat at the
Strait of Gibraltar		 Confiscated and renamed Castillo Madrigal
Poli,
2861 ton,
2 April 1937		 E. Vintiades, Genoa Surface action – Shelled and sunk by the Nationalist cruiser Baleares Sunk in deep waters
Victoria,
6600 ton,
11 Nov. 1938		 Georgios Nicolau, London Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist auxiliary cruiser Mar Cantábrico Confiscated, renamed Castillo Oropesa

Latvian flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Everards,
3075 ton,
19 Nov. 1938		 F. Grauds, Riga Surface action – Captured by
Nationalist patrol boats off Gibraltar		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Fuensaldaña

Norwegian flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Alix,
1115 ton,call signal MQPR – LCPZ,
30 March 1938		 A.S. Salvesen, Oslo Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist patrol boat Huelva off Gibraltar in 1937. Grounded march 1938. Grounded and lost off Cabo de Quejo, Santoña
Gulnes,
1195 ton,
8 Dec. 1936		 H. Storaas, Bergen Bombed midship by Republican aircraft at Seville. Four Norwegian sailors died: stoker Egil Nilsen Pleym from
Nesna in Helgoland, first mate Adolf J. Lund Ervik from
Bergen, stoker Eugen Marinus Hansen from Drammen
and the cook Alfred A. Aasheim from Meling, Bømlo.
They were all buried at the graveyard from San Fernando,
Sevilla, next to the grave of captain Gabriel Kielland. An
obelisk was raised on their joint grave with an inscription.		 Broken up in Vado Ligure, Italy, in May 1937
Skottland,
736 ton,
1 Jan. 1938		 A.S. Skottland, Nordbø Struck at Cabo Mayo near Santander Total loss
Skulda,
1105 ton, call signal MFWC – LEWI,
21 July 1938		 William Hansen, Bergen Surface action – Captured by Nationalist patrol
boat at the Strait of Gibraltar, traveling from
Iceland to Marseille		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Daroca

Panamanian flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Andra,
1,384 ton,
6 April 1937		 Sodeco, Antwerp Surface action – Shelled and sunk by the Nationalist armed trawler Galerna off
Santoña. Dutchman 2nd engineer Harmannus
Antonius Deekens (1894 -1937) and donkeyman
Teunis Johannes Stolk (1881 – 1937) died.		 Sunk in deep waters
Authorpe,
274 ton,
6 Jan. 1939		 Marseille Maritime, Marseilles Air attack at Alicante Raised by Nationalist ships in 1939, confiscated and renamed
Alhucemas
Geo McKnight,
12,442 ton,
15 Aug. 1937		 Nazi Germany Waried Tankschiff
(Esso affiliated)		 Surface action – Shelled and torpedoed
by the Italian destroyer Freccia off Tunis		 Ran aground after being abandoned
Hordena,
2667 ton,
16 April 1937		 Scotia Corp., Paris Surface action – Captured by Nationalist
cruiser Almirante Cervera		 Confiscated and renamed Castillo la Mota
Janu,
1347 ton,
14 March 1937		 Socdeco, Antwerp Surface action – Captured by the
Nationalist patrol boat Huelva		 Confiscated and renamed Castillo Arévalo y Tarifa
Nausicaa,
5005 ton,
27 May 1938		 Veniselos, Pireus Air attack south of Minorca Sunk in deep waters
Reina,
1436 ton,
19 Oct. 1937		 Scotia Corp., Pari 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

Soviet flag

NAME AND DATE OF LOSS SHIP’S OWNER TYPE OF INCIDENT AFTERMATH
Blagoev,
3100 ton,
3 Sep. 1937		 Sovietflot Torpedoed and sunk off Skyros by the Italian submarine Settembrini Sunk in deep waters
Katayama,
3209 ton,
17 Oct. 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
minelayer Vulcano		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Ampudia
Komsomol,
5109 ton,
14 Dec. 1936		 Sovietflot Surface action – Shelled and sunk by the
Nationalist cruiser Canarias		 Sunk in deep waters
Lensovet,
4718 ton,
19 March 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by Nationalist
patrol boats at the Strait of Gibraltar		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Bellver
Max Hoelz,
3472 ton,
2 Nov. 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
minelayer Vulcano		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Montealegre
Potishev,
3545 ton,
31 May 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
auxiliary cruiser Vicente Puchol		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo de Olite
Skvortzov Stepanov,
2152 ton,
26 May 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
cruiser Canarias		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Maqueda
Smidovich,
2485 ton,
10 Jan. 1937		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
destroyer Velasco off Bilbao		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Peñafiel
Timiryazev,
2151 ton,
31 Aug. 1937		 Sovietflot Surface action – Torpedoed and sunk by the
Italian destroyer Turbine off Tigzirt		 Sunk in deep waters
Tsyurupa,
2081 ton,
23 Oct. 1938		 Sovietflot Surface action – Captured by the Nationalist
cruiser Almirante Cervera		 Confiscated, renamed Castillo Villafranca
Source: Widipedia.org