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Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (September 7, 1839 – September 30, 1917) was a career Spanish naval officer who commanded Spain's Pacific Squadron based in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War.
Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (Ferrol, 7 de septiembre de 1839-Madrid, 30 de septiembre de 1917) fue un almirante de la Marina española, recordado por su participación en la batalla de Cavite en 1898, decisiva en la guerra hispano-estadounidense.
Montojo y Pasarón, Patricio Javier. Ferrol (La Coruña), 7.IX.1839 – Madrid, 30.IX.1917. Almirante que estuvo al mando de la escuadra española en la batalla de la bahía de Cavite (1898).
Spanish-American War. Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón's Report of the Battle of Cavite. THE BATTLE OF CAVITE. SPANISH OFFICIAL REPORT. DEPARTURE FOR SUBIC. On the 25th of April, at 11 p.m.,...
Admiral Patricio Montojo, commander-in-chief of the Spanish Navy in the Philippines was summoned to Madrid in order to explain his defeat in Cavite before the Supreme Court-Martial. Montojo left Manila in October of that year and arrived in Madrid on November 11, 1898.
Spanish-American War. List of Documents. Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón to Minister of the Royal Spanish Navy Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, 4/30/1898. Rear Admiral Francis M. Ramsay,...
After the United States declared war on Spain in April, Dewey’s Asiatic Squadron, comprised of six steel-clad vessels, departed for the Philippines. On May 1, Dewey’s ships fired on Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón’s seven unarmored ships, which completely destroyed the Spanish fleet.
