The Spanish-Cuban-American War 
Naval Battle of Santiago
July 3, 1898

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The Almirante Oquendo, struck 57 times. Its captain died of a heart attack after its surrender.
Starboard side of the Almirante Oquendo. Its steel plates were bulging apart.

 
 
The cruiser Reina Mercedes before Morro Castle.
Furor sinking

 
 
Cervera's flagship, the Infanta Maria Teresa, was the first to be
disabled with 29 hits.
      The Cristobal Colon, with guns pointing upward, scuttled at the mouth of the Turquino
     River after a 75-mile chase.