The Convoy de la victoria (English: "Victory's convoy") was the name given by the Spanish Nationalists to a naval battle which took place on 5 August 1936 in the Strait of Gibraltar

Strait of Gibraltar

The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa. The name comes from Gibraltar, which in turn originates from the Arabic Jebel Tariq , albeit the Arab name for the Strait is Bab el-Zakat or...

 during the Spanish Civil War

Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...

 between the escort of a Nationalist convoy and the Republican

Second Spanish Republic

The Second Spanish Republic was the government of Spain between April 14 1931, and its destruction by a military rebellion, led by General Francisco Franco....

 destroyer Alcalá Galiano. The convoy departed from Ceuta

Ceuta

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 and was made up of four transports escorted by the gunboat Dato, the coastguard ship Uad Kert (WWI armed trawler, ex-HMT Rother) and the old T-1 class torpedo boat T-19. Three Republican destroyers were keeping a close watch on Spanish Morocco

Spanish Morocco

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 ports, but only the Alcalá Galiano engaged the Nationalist ships. The convoy, bound for Algeciras

Algeciras

Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, and is the largest city on the Bay of Gibraltar . Port of Algeciras is one of the largest ports in Europe and in the world in three categories: container,...

, successfuly reached its destination on the evening after a brief exchange of fire. While mooring in Algeciras, the gunboat Dato straddled British

Great Britain

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 destroyer HMS Basilisk

HMS Basilisk (H11)

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 after misidentyfing her as Republican. While steaming back to Málaga

Málaga

Málaga is a city and a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain. With a population of 568,507 in 2010, it is the second most populous city of Andalusia and the sixth largest in Spain. This is the southernmost large city in Europe...

, the Alcalá Galiano was attacked and hit by Nationalist aircraft. Francoist sources claim that she suffered 18 seamen killed and 28 wounded.