Fernando Villaamil Fernández-Cueto was a Spanish naval officer, remembered for his internationally recognized professionalism, for being the designer of the first destroyer warship in history and for his heroic death in the naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba of the Spanish-American war, being the highest Spanish officer to suffer this fate in that event. Wikipedia
Capitan de Navio Fernando Villaamil commanded the division of destroyers, and was on board the FUROR at the naval Battle of Santiago . He lost his life in action during the battle, being the highest Spanish officer to suffer this fate. www.spanamwar.com/Vilamil.htm
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Fernando Villaamil. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_Villaamil
ENTIERRO.- Fernando Villaamil, el ms arrojado marino de la escuadra del almirante Cervera, es ya un mrtir nacional, tras su muerte heroica en la batalla naval de Santiago el pasado 3 de julio. www.elmundo.es/1998/07/22/cultura/22N0019.html
