Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo

Spanish admiral

Date of Birth: 09-Mar-1833

Place of Birth: San Fernando, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 02-Dec-1899

Profession: sailor, politician, science fiction writer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Admiral Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo (9 March 1832, San Fernando – 2 December 1899, Madrid) was a Spanish naval officer who served as chief of staff in the Spanish Navy and Minister of the Navy during the Spanish–American War.
He was most notable for his role in dispatching Rear Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete, in command of a squadron of four cruisers and three destroyers, to Cuba in May 1898.
It set up the conditions for the naval Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
Bermejo himself was forced to resign as naval minister after the defeat of the Spanish Pacific Squadron at the Battle of Manila Bay by the U.S.
Navy, and he died a year later.



Alternative names	Nisser Franzen, Franzen Y Nisser
Description	photographer and diplomat Danish-born diplomat and photographer, operator of a photo studio in Madrid, Spain.
Date of birth/death	1864	1923
Location of birth/death	Denmark	Madrid
Work location	Copenhagen (1888-?), Madrid (1895-1923)
Authority control	: Q2965262 VIAF: 66250708 ISNI: 0000 0000 5950 6306 LCCN: no2007069030 GND: 135893577 BNE: XX845549 WorldCat