Editing Spanish Navy (section)

====The Spanish Republic and Spanish Civil War====
{{Main|Spanish Republican Navy}}
[[File:Canarias C21 2.jpg|thumb|The cruiser {{ship|Spanish cruiser|Canarias||2}} was the flagship of the Spanish Navy until its discharge in 1975]]

In 1931, following the proclamation of the [[Second Spanish Republic]], the Navy of the Spanish Kingdom became the [[Spanish Republican Navy]]. [[Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas|Admiral Aznar]]'s casual comment: ''"Do you think it was a little thing what happened yesterday, that Spain went to bed as a monarchy and rose as a republic"'' became instantly famous, going quickly around [[Madrid]] and around Spain, making people accept the fact and setting a more relaxed mood.<ref>Gabriel Cardona, ''El Problema Militar en España'', Ed. Historia 16, Madrid 1990, pp. 158–159</ref> The Spanish Republican Navy introduced a few changes in the [[Flag of the Second Spanish Republic|flags and ensigns]], as well as in the navy officer rank insignia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armada.mde.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/conocenos_historia/03_bandera_armada--10_republica_ii|title=Armada Española – Ministerio de Defensa – Gobierno de España|author=Spanish Navy|work=mde.es|access-date=8 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904072309/http://www.armada.mde.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/conocenos_historia/03_bandera_armada--10_republica_ii|archive-date=4 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[executive curl]] ''(La coca)'' was replaced by a golden five-pointed star and the royal crown of the brass buttons and of the officers' breastplates ''(La gola)'' became a [[mural crown]].

The Spanish Republican Navy became divided after the [[Spanish coup of July 1936|coup of July 1936]] that led to the [[Spanish Civil War]] (1936–39). The fleet's two [[España-class battleship|small dreadnoughts]], one [[Spanish cruiser Baleares|heavy cruiser]], one [[Spanish destroyer Almirante Ferrándiz (1928)|large destroyer]] and half a dozen submarines and auxiliary vessels were lost in the course of the conflict.