Segismundo Bermejo
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Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo was a Spanish Navy officer who served as chief of Staff of the Navy and Minister of the Navy during the Spanish-American War. He was most notable for his role in dispatching Pascual Cervera y Topete, in command of a squadron of four cruisers and three destroyers, to Cuba in May 1898.
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Pascual Cervera y TopeteAlso won Cross of Naval Merit with red badge
Leopold von MeyerAlso won Knight of the Order of Isabella the CatholicEdgar de Ségur-LamoignonAlso won Knight of the Order of Carlos III
Joaquín Ezpeleta EnrileAlso won Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild
Eusebio de Calonje y FenolletAlso won Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild
Manuel González-Hontoria y Fernández-LadredaAlso won Knight of the Order of Isabella the CatholicAbout this person
Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo was a Spanish Navy officer who served as chief of Staff of the Navy and Minister of the Navy during the Spanish-American War. He was most notable for his role in dispatching Pascual Cervera y Topete, in command of a squadron of four cruisers and three destroyers, to Cuba in May 1898. It set up the conditions for the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Bermejo himself was forced to resign as Minister of the Navy after the defeat of the Spanish Pacific Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay by the United States Navy, and died a year later.
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