Convoy de la Victoria

Convoy de la Victoria
Part of the Spanish Civil War

Alcalá Galiano during sea trials
Date5 August 1936 (1936-08-05)
Location
Mediterranean Sea, near Punta Carnero
Result Nationalist victory
Belligerents
 Republican Navy Nationalist Navy
Strength
1 destroyer
  • 1 gunboat
  • 1 torpedo boat
  • 1 coastguard ship
Casualties and losses
None None

The Convoy de la Victoria ("Convoy of Victory") was a Spanish naval battle on 5 August 1936 in the Strait of Gibraltar during the Spanish Civil War, between the escort of a Nationalist convoy and the Republican Navy destroyer Alcalá Galiano.

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