Federico Gravina
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 218 years ago |
Date of birth | August 12,1756 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Palermo |
Italy | |
Date of died | March 9,1806 |
Died | Cadiz |
Spain | |
Rank | Admiral |
Allegiance | Spanish Empire |
Service/branch | Spanish Navy |
Full name | Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli |
Year of servic | 1768–1806 |
Servicebranch | Spanish Navy |
Battleswar | American War of Independence |
Siege of Gibraltar | |
Capture of HMS St. Fermin | |
Invasion of Minorca | |
Nationality | Italian |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 877632 |
Federico Gravina Life story
Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli, born Federico Carlo Gravina Cruyllas was a Sicilian admiral in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the American Revolution 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.