Ismael Warleta y Ordovás

Ismael Warleta y Ordovás (1836, Madrid – 9 August 1898)[1] was a Spanish admiral who served as the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy from 20 August 1897[2] until his death on 9 August 1898[1] (although his successor was not appointed until 30 March 1899).[3] Warleta's tenure as chief of naval staff coincided with the Spanish–American War, during which he attended a meeting on 23 April 1898 led by the naval minister Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, where he supported the proposal of deploying Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron to Cuba—a decision that led to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.[4] Previously, he had served as the head of the logistics branch of the Ministry of the Navy,[2] and from 1888 until 1890 he commanded the cruiser Reina Regente as a ship-of-the-line captain.[5]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Warleta and the second or maternal family name is Ordovás.

References
  1. Revisto de Historia Aeronáutica Nº 25, (2007).
  2. Reales decretos nombrando, Capitán general del Departamento de Cádiz, á D. Domingo de Castro; Jefe de Armamentos de la Carraca, á Don Juan Jácome; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Ismael Warleta; Director del Material del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Manuel de la Cámara; segundo Jefe del Apostadero de la Habana, á D. Luis Pastor; Jefe de la Comisión. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 232, de 20/08/1897, páginas 666 a 667.
  3. Reales decretos nombrando, Subsecretario del Ministerio de Marina y Jefe de Estado Mayor general de la Armada, al Contraalmirante D. Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles; Presidente del Centro Técnico de la Marina, al Vicealmirante de la Armada D. José Navarro y Fernández; Vocales del Centro Técnico de la Marina, á los Contraalmirantes Don Eduardo Reinoso y Díez de Tejada. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 89, de 30/03/1899, páginas 1186 a 1187.
  4. Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899), Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
  5. El “Reina Regente” y la Jeune École (27 de enero de 2015).
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