Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri

Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri was a Spanish admiral and the second Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy. He held the post from 19 March^[1] until 22 October 1896.^[2] In the summer of 1895 Espinosa had commanded the Spanish squadron that represented their country at the opening of the Kiel Canal from the Infanta Maria Teresa.^[3] During the Spanish–American War, he was present at a meeting of senior Spanish naval officers chaired by Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, the minister of the navy at the time, on 23 April 1898. Espinosa supported the idea of sending Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron from Cape Verde to the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean (Cuba and Puerto Rico). This decision was adopted by the majority of the members which led to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.^[4] Espinosa was made Commander of the Order of Charles III in 1882^[5] and awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild on 30 October 1889.^[6]

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Military offices
Preceded by Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz	Chief of Staff of the Navy 1896	Succeeded by Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo

v t Chiefs of Staff of the Spanish Navy
Restoration 1874–1931	Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz 1895–1896 Fernando Martínez de Espinosa y Echeverri 1896 Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo 1896–1897 Ismael Warleta y Ordovás 1897–1898 Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles 1899–1902 Pascual Cervera y Topete 1902– 1908–1909 1909–1910 1910–1912 1912–1913 1913–1914 1914–1915 1915–1918 1918–1919 1919–1920 1920–1924 1924 1924–1927 1927 1927–1931 1931–1936
Republic 1936–1939	1937 Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios 1937–1938 1938–1939 1939
Dictatorship 1936–1975	1936–1939 Transferred to the Ministry of the Navy 1939–1942 1942–1951 1951–1952 1952–1956 1956–1957 1957–1963 1963 1963–1966 1966–1967 Adolfo Baturone Colombo 1967–1969 1969–1972 1972–1973 1973–1975
Contemporary 1975–present	1975–1977 1977–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1990 1990–1994 1994–1997 1997–2000 2000–2004 2004–2008 Manuel Rebollo García 2008–2012 2012–2017 Teodoro Esteban López Calderón 2017–2021 Fausto Escrigas Rodríguez (Acting) 2021 Antonio Martorell Lacave 2021–present