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Luis González de Ubieta y González del Campillo (1899 – 1950〔(Luis González Ubieta (1899-1950) ) 〕) was an admiral of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War. He died in exile as the captain of merchant vessel ''Chiriqui'', refusing to be rescued when the ship under his command sank in the Caribbean Sea not far from Barranquilla.〔Javier García Fernández (coord.), ''25 militares de la República; "El Ejército Popular de la República y sus mandos profesionales",'' Ed. Ministerio de Defensa, Madrid 2011〕 ==Early life== There is little information on Luis González de Ubieta's childhood and youth. His father, Juan Daniel González de Ubieta y Ubieta, was a forestry engineer born in the Gordexola Valley in Biscay. He died in Madrid in 1925 and was survived by his widow, Mrs González del Campillo, and eight children.〔(Surname González de Ubieta )〕 In mid 1936, at the time of the July 1936 pro-Fascist coup that marked the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, Luis González de Ubieta had risen to the rank of lieutenant commander ((スペイン語:Capitán de Corbeta)) of the Spanish Republican Navy. Then he was in command of oceanographic and hydrographic research vessel ''Ártabro'' (A-2), based in Cartagena.〔(Vida Marítima - El Ártabro )〕 He refused to join the rebels, remaining loyal to the Spanish Republic. Since most high officers of the Spanish Republican Navy had joined the rebellion, Luis González de Ubieta rose rapidly both in rank and authority within the loyalist fleet. Thus, at the beginning of the civil war, he became commander of the destroyer ''José Luis Díez'' and was sent to quell a minor conflict in Alicante when a group of rebel troops from Orihuela and smaller towns of the Vega Baja tried unsuccessfully to initiate a siege of the city. Two months later, he was in charge of the cruiser ''Miguel de Cervantes'', on which he took part in a naval operation that entered the Bay of Biscay ''(Expedición al Mar Cantábrico)'' in September and October 1936.〔(Gaceta de la República nº364, 29 de diciembre de 1936 )〕 Following the defeat of the Spanish Republican fleet on 27 September 1938 at the Battle of Cape Cherchell, when a series of tactical errors on the part of the Republican command resulted in the loss of two cargo ships, Luis González de Ubieta became the Captain General of the fleet and promoted to the rank of admiral after his predecessor, Miguel Buiza, was relieved of his duties. President Manuel Azaña could not hide his disappointment, acknowledging in his memoirs the indecisiveness of the former commander of the Spanish Republican Navy, despite having a greater number of ships.〔Manuel Azaña, Diarios de Azaña, Vol. IV, p. 620〕 Under Luis González de Ubieta's command, the Republican Navy concentrated on the protection of maritime convoys supplying the internationally isolated Spanish Republic, as well as the training of naval officers and their ships' crews.〔Thomas, Hugh, ''The Spanish Civil War.'' Penguin Books. 2001. London. p.733〕 In March 1938, the Nationalist cruiser ''Baleares''—along with fellow rebel cruisers and —engaged the Republican cruisers and , accompanied by five destroyers, off Cartagena in the Battle of Cape Palos. At around 02:15 on 6 March, the Nationalist and Republican cruisers engaged in an ineffective gunnery duel. During the battle, Republican destroyers , , and all fired their torpedoes. Two or three of ''Lepanto''′s torpedoes hit ''Baleares'', detonating her forward magazine and sinking her. Out of her crew of 1,206, she suffered 765 seamen killed or missing, among them rebel Vice-Admiral Manuel Vierna Belando, commander of the cruiser division.〔Michael Alpert, ''La Guerra Civil española en el mar'', Editorial Critica , ISBN 978-84-8432-975-6〕 The sinking of rebel heavy cruiser ''Baleares'' was hailed as a great victory by the Republican government, and Luis González de Ubieta was awarded the Laureate Plate of Madrid ''(Placa Laureada de Madrid)'', the highest military award for gallantry of the Second Spanish Republic.〔Manuel Rubio Cabeza, ''Diccionario de la Guerra Civil Española 1'', Pág. 95. Editorial Planeta, Barcelona, 1987.〕 This naval victory, however, had little effect on the war as a whole for the Spanish Civil War was already turning against the republic. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luis González de Ubieta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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