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Revista De Historia Naval Nº REVISTA DE HISTORIA NAVAL Año xxIx 2011 Núm. 113 INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA Y CULTURA NAVAL ARMADA ESPAÑOLA 1 INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA Y CULTURA NAVAL ARMADA ESPAÑOLA REVISTA DE HISTORIA NAVAL Año XXIX 2011 Núm. 113 REVISTA DE HISTORIA NAVAL MINISTERIO DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE DEFENSA DE RELACIONES INSTITUCIONALES CONSEjO RECTOR: Presidente: Gonzalo Rodríguez González-Aller, contralmirante, director del Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. Vicepresidente y Director: Ramón Peral Lezón, capitán de navío. Redactor Jefe josé Antonio Ocampo Aneiros, coronel de máquinas (R). Vocales: josé Cervera Pery, general auditor y periodista; Hugo O’Donnell y Duque de Estrada, de la Comisión Española de Historia Marítima; Enri- que Martínez Ruiz, catedrático de Historia de la Universidad Compluten- se de Madrid; Pedro Contreras Fernández, coronel de Intendencia, Departamento de Historia; jesús Bernal García, capitán de navío, Depar- tamento de Cultura Naval; Miguel Aragón Fontenla, coronel de Infante- ría de Marina, Departamento de Historia Subacuática; josé Antonio Ocampo Aneiros, coronel de Máquinas, consejero-colaborador. Redacción, Difusión y Distribución: Ana Berenguer Berenguer; Adela Arévalo Díaz del Río. Administración: Rocío Sánchez de Neyra Espuch; Paloma Molins Bedriñana. DIRECCIóN y ADMINISTRACIóN: Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. juan de Mena, 1, 1.a planta. 28071 Madrid (España). Teléfono: 91 312 44 27. Fax: 91 379 59 45. C/e: [email protected] IMPRIME: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Armada. Publicación trimestral: segundo trimestre de 2011. Precio del ejemplar suelto: 4 euros. Suscripción anual: España y Portugal: 16 euros. Resto del mundo: 25 euros. Depósito legal: M. 16.854-1983. ISSN: 0212-467-X. NIPO: 075-11-065-6 (edición en papel). NIPO: 075-11-066-1 (edición en línea). Impreso en España. - Printed in Spain. CUBIERTA ANTERIOR: Logotipo del Instituto de Historia y Cultura Naval. CUBIERTA POSTERIOR: Del libro Regimiento de Navegación, de Pedro de Medina (Sevilla, 1563). Las opiniones emitidas en esta publicación son de la exclusiva responsabilidad de sus autores. S U M A R I O Págs. NOTA EDITORIAL ............................................................................ 7 Reinar después de morir. Dos planos del Santísima Trinidad que prolongaron su vida después de Trafalgar, por Francisco Fernández González...................................................................... 09 Dos expediciones de altura al Pacífico septentrional (1788-1790) y sus protagonistas: Manuel Quimper y Gonzalo López de Haro, por María Luisa Rodríguez-Sala Muro ......................................... 45 El Departamento Marítimo de Cartagena de Levante (1750-1753) y el teniente general Francisco Liaño y Arjona, por juan Anto- nio Gómez Vizcaíno ..................................................................... 6500 Maruja y Aurora, un viejo vapor con mucha historia, por Francisco javier Álvarez Laita y María Luisa Medina Arnaiz...................... 91 La Estación Naval de Guinea y el gobierno de los brigadieres, por josé Cervera Pery ......................................................................... 111 La historia vivida: El viaje de Alfonso XIII en el Juan Sebastián de Elcano, por josé Cervera Pery ...................................................... 117 Documento: Los francmasones en la Armada en el siglo XVIII. Penas ............................................................................................ 121 La Historia Marítima en el mundo: La primera cátedra de Historia Naval. Murcia (España), por josé Antonio Ocampo................... 125 Noticias generales: ............................................................................ 127 Recensiones ....................................................................................... 135 COLABORAN EN ESTE NÚMERO Francisco Fernández González es doctor en Ingeniería Naval y catedrático de Cons- trucciones Navales en la Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Navales (ETSIN) (UPM). Ha impartido cursos y seminarios en las universidades de Cal-Berkeley, Texas A&M, T.U. Berlín y Caracas y dirigido asimismo proyectos de investigación de la Unión Europea y en la NATO, colaborando con centros de investigación de numerosos países. Organizó y dirigió el Congreso Internacional sobre la Tecnología de los Barcos de Trafalgar (2005) y actualmente dirige el Gabinete de Historia de la Ciencia y Tecnología Navales que ha creado en la UPM en colaboración con el Museo Naval de Madrid. Ha introducido y promovido en la ETSINavales (UPM) los estudios de la Historia de la Arquitectura y la Construcción Navales, sobre los que ha dirigido varias tesis doctorales. Entre otros trabajos históricos de la tecnología naval, ha publicado entre otros el estudio del Arte de Fabricar Reales, de A. de Gaztañeta (1993), El Galeón Español, (en Francia) y, más recientemente, Structures under sail and under gunfire (2006), España cara al Mar: Ingenieros y técnicos de Marina en el siglo xIx (IFC, 2007), Aportación de Cataluña a la Arquitectura Naval (MMB, 2008), Spanish Regulations for Shipbuilding of the 17th century (NHS’09) y La Arquitectura Naval en el Examen Marítimo (RAI, 2010). María Luisa Rodríguez-Sala Muro es licenciada en Sociología, maestra y doctora en Historia por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), investigado- ra de la máxima categoría en el Instituto de Investigaciones Sociales de la UNAM; tiene una larga trayectoria como académica. Ha sido investigadora y profesora visi- tante en instituciones académicas mexicanas y españolas: Consejo Superior de Inves- tigaciones Científicas (Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia y Escuela de Estudios Hispanoamericanos de Sevilla), Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Univer- sidad Complutense y otras. Autora de numerosos libros sobre sociología de la ciencia y de historia de la ciencia y la tecnología, así como de más de 60 artículos científicos sobre los mismos temas, publicados en revistas académicas de diferentes países hispa- nohablantes, ha impartido e imparte cátedra en diversas escuelas y facultades mexica- nas. Pertenece a sociedades científicas de reconocido prestigio internacional. Juan Antonio Gómez Vizcaíno es coronel del Cuerpo General de las Armas (Artille- ría) en situación de retirado y doctorando en Logística y Tecnologías para los Siste- mas de Defensa por la Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (Murcia). Actualmente dirige el Aula «Comandante Villamartín» así como los ciclos de Cultura de Defensa e Historia Militar que organiza anualmente. Es autor, entre otras obras, de Aproxima- ción a la Historia Militar de Cartagena. El Gobierno de la Plaza (1700-1996), La Artillería en Cartagena (1503-2003), Antonio de Escaño García de Cáceres (1752- 1814), Antonio Barceló y Pont de la Terra, de patrón de jabeque-correo a teniente general de la Real Armada, Juan López Pinto (1788-1831). La romántica lucha por la libertad y La Guerra de la Independencia en Cartagena (1808-1814). Colabora en varias revistas nacionales relacionadas con la historia militar. Francisco Javier Álvarez Laita es Ingeniero industrial por la Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales de la universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Ha centrado su labor profesional en empresas de consultoría, con más de veinte años de experiencia traba- jando especialmente con la Administración Pública. También ha realizado y gestiona- do proyectos en Argentina, Perú y Marruecos. En la actualidad es colaborador habi- tual de Infodefensa, Revista Española de Defensa y Marina Civil y colaborador asimismo de numerosas revistas de esta temática, como la Revista General de Mari- na, Fuerza Naval, War Heat y otras. Ha publicado más de un centenar de artículos sobre temas navales y de artillería de costa, tanto históricos como de actualidad. Es director del Archivo MdR Almirante de Castilla y autor de los informes «Necesidades de control del espacio marítimo español. Hacia un servicio de guardacostas» y «Perfi- les IDS. Producción en España de buques y embarcaciones de vigilancia y patrulla», así como de varios monográficos sobre buques no militares al servicio del Estado y sobre la historia de la artillería de costa en España. María Luisa Medina Arnaiz, realizó su formación en el Liceo Francés de Madrid, rama de estudios comerciales, complementándola con cursos y seminarios en Alema- nia, Austria y Francia. Comenzó su carrera profesional en organismos públicos fran- ceses para pasar posteriormente a la empresa privada desarrollando funciones en los ámbitos de comercio internacional, importación y exportación y logística. En la actua- lidad compagina sus labores profesionales en una multinacional francesa de electróni- ca con la gestión en el Archivo MdR Almirante de Castilla y colabora habitualmente en la revista Marina Civil. Sus trabajos sobre historia naval y militar, y temas de actualidad sobre defensa, se han publicado en numerosas revistas de esta temática, como la Revista General de Marina, Fuerza Naval, War Heat y otras. Es una de los autores del informe «Perfiles IDS Producción en España de buques y embarcaciones de vigilancia y patrulla» y de los monográficos de la revista Defensa titulados «Arti- llería de Costa en la España del siglo XX». (Defensa, extra 76-77) y «Las otras Arma- das. Buques al servicio del Estado» (Defensa, extra 73). José Cervera Pery es general auditor, periodista y diplomado en Tecnología de la Información y en Derecho Internacional, miembro correspondiente de la Real Acade- mia de la Historia y de numerosas academias hispanoamericanas. Conferenciante y articulista
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