COMMANDER // 1756–1806
Federico Gravina
Capitán General de la Real Armada EspañolaSpain2 battles2 wars
Lifespan
1756 – 1806
Active service 1793–1797 — 2 battles across 2 wars; first command at age 37.
Profile
Captain general of the Navy Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli was a Spanish Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He died of wounds sustained during the Battle of Trafalgar. Explorer Jacinto Caamaño named the Gravina Island in Alaska in his honor.
Battles (2)
1793
Siege of ToulonWar of the First Coalition · French Royalists
1797