Spanish cruiser Méndez Núñez

Méndez Núñez was a Spanish Navy Blas de Lezo-class light cruiser commissioned in 1924. She served the Kingdom of Spain until 1931, seeing action in the Rif War. She then served the Second Spanish Republic from 1931 to 1939, operating in support of the Republican faction as part of the Spanish Republican Navy during the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, and was present at the Battle of Cape Cherchell and the Battle of Cape Palos. After the Nationalist victory in 1939, she served in the reunified Spanish Navy of Francoist Spain and was reconstructed as an anti-aircraft cruiser between 1943 and 1947. She took part in the Ifni War of 1957–1958. She was decommissioned in 1963 and scrapped in 1964.