Fernando Villaamil

Sailor, Author

1845 – 1898

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Who was Fernando Villaamil?

Fernando Villaamil 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 heroic death in the naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba of the Spanish-American war, being the highest ranking Spanish officer to suffer this fate in that event.

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Born
Nov 23, 1845
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Died
Jul 3, 1898

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on July 23, 2013

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