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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.
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.
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).
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.
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,...
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.,...
