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Cuban Battlefields of the Spanish-Cuban-American War

Wreck of Oquendo

Wreck of Oquendo

Date: March 9-15, 2005

Description: Waves wash over one of the gun turrets of the Spanish ship Oquendo sunk by Admiral Sampson's fleet during the naval engagement of 1898. The defeat of the Spanish fleet was decisive and resulted in the capitualtion of the Spanish soon afterward