Patricio Montojo y Pasarón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish admiral
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Place of Birth: Ferrol, Galicia, Spain
About Patricio Montojo y Pasarón
- Rear Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón (September 7, 1839 – September 30, 1917) was a career Spanish naval officer who commanded the restored Kingdom of Spain's Pacific Squadron based in the Philippines during the Spanish–American War.
- Considered to have been a man of high ability and experience, he was given what was regarded as an impossible task of defending the Spanish Philippines with antiquated ships and low supplies against the more formidable U.S.
- Asiatic Squadron.
- Montojo became known for his defeat at the Battle of Manila Bay (1 May 1898) by U.S.
- Navy Commodore George Dewey, being a decisive naval battle of the war.
- After the conflict, the rear admiral was held accountable for the defeat and was court-martialed, but that was later overturned, though Montojo was still discharged from the Spanish Navy.
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