Zoilo Sánchez de Ocaña y Vieitiz

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ocaña and the second or maternal family name is Vieitiz.

Zoilo Sánchez de Ocańa y Vieitiz (27 June 1831, Palencia – 1907, Cartagena)[1] was a Spanish admiral, the first Chief of Staff of the Spanish Navy, serving from 14 July 1895[2] to 19 March 1896.[3] As of 1869, he was a frigate captain on the war and navy section of the State Council.[4] He was also made a Commander of the Order of Charles III in 1865,[5] and in 1893 he had been awarded the Order of Naval Merit.[6] It is likely that he was retired or died by the time the Spanish–American War broke out in 1898, as he was not present at a meeting of senior Spanish naval officers on 23 April 1898 that decided to send Admiral Pascual Cervera's squadron to Cuba.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Biografia de deon Zoilo Sánchez-Ocaña y Vieitiz (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Reales decretos nombrando Presidente del Centro Consultivo de la Armada á D. Guillermo Chacón; Presidente de la Junta codificadora de la Armada, á D. Carlos Valcárcel; Vicepresidente del centro consultivo ya citado, á D. Eduardo Butler; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Zoilo Sánchez Ocaña; Jefe de la Secretaría militar del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Antonio Terry; Oficiales primeros del mismo Ministerio, á D. Ramón Valentí, D. Víctor Concas y D. Fernando Villamil, y Oficiales segundos, á D. León Ricardo Obertín, D. Vicente Carvajal y D. Lorenzo Palacios. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 195, de 14/07/1895, página 182.
  3. ^ Reales decretos nombrando Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Fernando Martínez; Vocal del Centro Consultivo, á D. Domingo de Castro; Comandante general de la Carraca, á D. Pascual Cervera; Comandante de Marina de Sevilla, a Don José Guzmán, y Jefe de Estado Mayor del Departamento de Cartagena; á D. José María Pilón. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 79, de 19/03/1896, página 948.
  4. ^ Organización y estado militar de España y ultramar en 1. de enero de 1869 con un apéndice que contiene las alteraciones ocurridas hasta 20 de abril. Ministerio de la Guerra (1869), p. 15
  5. ^ Emilio de Cárdenas Piera (1996). Propuestas, solicitudes y decretos de la Real y muy distinguida Orden de Carlos III, p. 111
  6. ^ Guía oficial de España (1899), p. 529
  7. ^ Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899), Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
Military offices
Preceded by
Post created
 Chief of Staff of the Navy
1895–1896 		Succeeded by
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