Spain - Spanish Republican Submarines

As for Republican submarines:

B1- damaged during patrol and due its condition was left in port of Cartagena. After the war it was used for targeting practice.

 Submarine B1

B2 - scuttled by its crew at the end of war in Cartagena, later lifted by nationalist and used as floating power plant

B3 - scuttled by its crew in Cartagena, later lifted but decommissioned on 08.06.1940. due its poor condition.

B4 - damaged in air raid in 1937, decommissioned by Republicans and scuttled by its crew. Later rised by nationalist and decommissioned on 31.07.1941.

Submarine B4

B5 - sunk on 15.04.1937 near Estapon ( Malaga). There are two versions about her sinking. Frst is that her CO, capitán de Corbeta Carlos de Barreda Terry, deliberately sunk his ship and this is found true by someone because he was rehabilitated by Franco after the war. Second one is that she was attacked by seaplane and damaged on surface and then started to dive, but was never seen again.

B6 - sunk by destroyer Velasco and armed tug boats Galicia and Ciriza on 19.09.1936

C1 - sunk in an air raid on 09.10.1938 in Barcelona, later raised by Republicans but never repaired. Nationalist finished her repairs in 1941 and put her in their fleet as school ship. She served till 30.08.1948. when she become a target for gunnery practice.

C2 - surrendered to Nationalist in Majorka 07.03.1939. and later served till 1947 when she was reclassified as surface ship. She was decommissioned on 06.06.1951.

 C3 - sunk by U34 12.12.1936.

C4 - fleed with rest of Republican navy to Biserta and then returned to Nationalist. Sunk during an exercise by destroyer Lepanto, when she surfaced in front of him and was hit by his bow on 02.02.1947.

 Submarine C4

C5 - her last patrol started on 31.12.1936 at 19:00. Next day some fishing vessels reported that they saw oil on surface some 11 NM north of Ribadesel. True cause of her sinking was never established.

C6 - damabend in an air raid on Gijón in october of 1937. Before the fall of the city, her CO decided to scuttle her in front of a port at the depth of 100 m, on 20.10.1937.