Ismael Warleta y Ordovás

Ismael Warleta y Ordovás (1836, Madrid – 9 August 1898)[1] was a Spanish Navy officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Navy from 20 August 1897[2] until his death on 9 August 1898[1] (although his successor was not appointed until 30 March 1899).[3] Warleta's tenure as chief of naval staff coincided with the Spanish–American War, during which he attended a meeting on 23 April 1898 led by the naval minister Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, where he supported the proposal of deploying Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron to Cuba—a decision that led to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.[4] Previously, he had served as the head of the logistics branch of the Ministry of the Navy,[2] and from 1888 until 1890 he commanded the cruiser Reina Regente as a ship-of-the-line captain.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Revisto de Historia Aeronáutica Nº 25, (2007).
  2. ^ a b Reales decretos nombrando, Capitán general del Departamento de Cádiz, á D. Domingo de Castro; Jefe de Armamentos de la Carraca, á Don Juan Jácome; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Ismael Warleta; Director del Material del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Manuel de la Cámara; segundo Jefe del Apostadero de la Habana, á D. Luis Pastor; Jefe de la Comisión. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 232, de 20/08/1897, páginas 666 a 667.
  3. ^ Reales decretos nombrando, Subsecretario del Ministerio de Marina y Jefe de Estado Mayor general de la Armada, al Contraalmirante D. Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles; Presidente del Centro Técnico de la Marina, al Vicealmirante de la Armada D. José Navarro y Fernández; Vocales del Centro Técnico de la Marina, á los Contraalmirantes Don Eduardo Reinoso y Díez de Tejada. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 89, de 30/03/1899, páginas 1186 a 1187.
  4. ^ Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899), Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
  5. ^ El “Reina Regente” y la Jeune École (27 de enero de 2015).


Military offices
Preceded by Chief of Staff of the Navy
1897–1898 		Succeeded by
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Restoration
1874–1931
  • Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz 1895–1896
  • Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri 1896
  • Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo 1896–1897
  • Ismael Warleta y Ordovás 1897–1898
  • Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles 1899–1902
  • Pascual Cervera y Topete 1902–
  • Federico Estrán y Justo 1908–1909
  • José de la Puente y Bassave 1909–1910
  • Joaquín María de Cincúnegui y Marco 1910–1912
  • Francisco Chacón y Pery 1912–1913
  • Antonio Perea y Orive 1913–1914
  • Orestes Gracía de Paadín y García 1914–1915
  • José Pidal Rebollo 1915–1918
  • Adriano Sánchez Lobatón 1918–1919
  • José María Chacón y Pery 1919–1920
  • Gabriel Antón Iboleón 1920–1924
  • Ignacio Pintado Gough 1924
  • Juan Carranza y Garrido 1924–1927
  • José Rivera Álvarez de Canero 1927
  • Juan Cervera Valderrama 1927–1931
  • Francisco Javier de Salas González 1931–1936
Second Spanish Republic Republic
1936–1939
Dictatorship
1936–1975
  • Juan Cervera Valderrama 1936–1939
  • Transferred to the Ministry of the Navy 1939–1942
  • Alfonso Arriaga Adam 1942–1951
  • Rafael Estrada Arnaiz 1951–1952
  • Juan Pastor Tomasety 1952–1956
  • Felipe José de Abárzuza y Oliva 1956–1957
  • Santiago Antón Rozas 1957–1963
  • Jerónimo Bustamante de la Rocha 1963
  • Fernando Meléndez Bojaro 1963–1966
  • Rafael Fernández de Bobadilla y Ragel 1966–1967
  • Adolfo Baturone Colombo 1967–1969
  • Enrique Barbudo Duarte 1969–1972
  • Gabriel Pita da Veiga y Sanz 1972–1973
  • José Ramón González López 1973–1975
Spain Contemporary
1975–present
  • Carlos Buhigas García 1975–1977
  • Luis Arévalo Pelluz 1977–1982
  • Saturnino Suanzes de la Hidalga 1982–1984
  • Guillermo Salas Cardenal 1984–1986
  • Fernando María Nárdiz Vial 1986–1990
  • Carlos Vila Miranda 1990–1994
  • Juan José Romero Caramelo 1994–1997
  • Antonio Moreno Barberá 1997–2000
  • Francisco José Toerrente Sánchez 2000–2004
  • Sebastián Zaragoza Soto 2004–2008
  • Manuel Rebollo García 2008–2012
  • Jaime Muñoz-Delgado y Díaz del Río 2012–2017
  • Teodoro Esteban López Calderón 2017–2021
  • Fausto Escrigas Rodríguez (Acting) 2021
  • Antonio Martorell Lacave 2021–2023