Cartagena uprising

Cartagena uprising
Part of the Spanish Civil War
Cartagena
Date 4–7 March 1939 Location Cartagena, Second Spanish Republic Result See aftermath Uprising suppressed Republican Navy fleet interned in French Tunisia Sinking of the Castillo de Olite
Belligerents
Spanish Republic	Nationalist Spain Fifth column Supporters of Segismundo Casado
Commanders and leaders
Francisco Galán Artemio Precioso Miguel Buiza	Arturo Espa Rafael Barrionuevo Gerardo Armentia †
Strength
1 brigade 3 cruisers 8 destroyers	Cartagena's garrison 2 auxiliary cruisers
Casualties and losses
61 dead	Cartagena's garrison 1 transport ship sunk 1,476 dead and 700 prisoners

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The Cartagena uprising (Spanish: Sublevación de Cartagena) was an uprising that occurred in Cartagena during the Spanish Civil War from 4 to 7 March 1939.

Soldiers of the Spanish Republican Army sympathetic to Segismundo Casado launched a rebellion against the Republican government of Juan Negrín in Cartagena, the main base of the Spanish Republican Navy. The rebels supported by a fifth column managed to gain control over most of Cartagena and appeal to the Nationalists for assistance. The Republican Navy fleet in Cartagena fled to French Tunisia where the ships were interned before the city was retaken by Republican loyalists and a Nationalist landing was cancelled. The Republicans defeated the uprising but lost most of their remaining naval fleet.

The Nationalist troop transport SS Castillo de Olite sent to support the revolt was sunk with 1,476 soldiers being killed.