Talk:Spanish cruiser Reina Regente (1887)

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Confusion[edit]

There's not much in English sources, and the Spanish wikipedia is thin on sourcing. A garbled translation is probably the origin of some of the more obvious errors in the article here. This has some more details, though is probably not a reliable source in itself, and makes a few glaring errors as well. But, the story seems to go that Reina Regente sailed from Cadiz to Tangier on 9 March, returning the Moroccan ambassador, who had been involved in the negotiations to end the First Melillan campaign. The Gibraltar Magazine suggests that a diplomatic incident was the cause for the voyage. This voyage was made successfully, but the following day, 10 March, the captain made the decision to return immediately - as he wanted to be present at the imminent launch of Spanish cruiser Emperador Carlos V. This was despite the gathering storm, which the Reina Regente sailed into and disappeared in. Some discrepancies and details keep cropping up, that it would be good to have resolved still.

Some sources say the location of the wreck was discovered shortly after the sinking, between Trafalgar and Tarifa?
Casualties range from 402 to 420?
The loss occurred on the night of the 11th?
There were survivors - a dog belonging to an officer, and a man rescued at sea but who died shortly afterwards, are variously mentioned.
She was seen in distress by one or more vessels at sea, having lost her masts, a funnel and her bridge?

There were more than a few conflicting accounts and stories that appeared in news outlets in the immediate aftermath of the loss, which probably are to blame for some of this, but any definitive sources would be good. 82.39.49.182 (talk) 18:05, 22 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]