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The Naval Museum of Cartagena has inaugurated this Monday the Chamber of Underwater Weapons, a unit that makes a tour of the history of submarine weaponry used by surface ships and aircraft in naval warfare throughout history, since its appearance in the mid From the 19th century to the present day.

The event was attended by the mayor of the city, José López, who accompanied the inauguration of the director of the Institute of Naval History and Culture and former Arsenal admiral Fernando Zumalacárregui;

The Admiral of Maritime Action, Manuel de la Puente;

The chief admiral of the Arsenal of Cartagena, Aniceto Rosique;

And the captain of the ship and director of the Naval Museum of Cartagena, Ramon Barro.

In this room are exposed a series of submarine weapons and related elements and their use as well as explanatory panels.

Among the pieces that the visitor can find are mines, submarine torpedoes, torpedo tubes, gyroscopes and ancient torpedo fuzes, aim triangles, specifically anti-submarine weapons such as depth charge launchers or a sea urchin launcher, rockets, buoys to signal the Mines, mechanical and explosive blades to cut the mines or drags, among many other samples, totaling more than thirty objects.

A RADICAL TURN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVAL WAR

The appearance of this type of weapons in the second half of the nineteenth century was a revolution in naval warfare that resulted in a break in the balance of naval forces to the point where specific combat techniques were developed.

With them the Spanish Navy was placed at the forefront of naval technology at the end of this century with leading figures such as Captain Bustamante, a war hero fallen in combat at the Battle of Lomas de San Juan in the Cuban conflict, To whom various advances in torpedoes correspond, and which has an area dedicated to him in this new dependence of the museum.

EXPAND THE CULTURAL OFFER OF THE CITY AND TRIBUTE TO ILLUSTRATED FIGURES LIKE ISAAC PERAL

The mayor, José López, commented that the opening of this room "rounds out the museum's offer of this museum of the Navy."

At the same time, he stressed that the development of Spanish submarine weapons has been "almost always, since its inception" in the port city.

This is why the first mayor has also been "very happy to expand the range and cultural offer of Cartagena" and has announced that from the municipal government will try to increase the signage for tourists and visitors to find the museum better.

Likewise, López has advanced his intention to bring plenary an instance to the superior administration so that on June 1, coinciding with the birth of Isaac Peral, celebrate the Day of Scientific Culture and Innovation in the Region.

In this sense, he said that "it is fair to rescue that day" in an "eminently technological city" such as Cartagena, with values ​​such as the UPCT, the presence of the Navy and the Shipyards, among others.

RECOVERY OF A ROOM WITH TRADITION

The director of the Institute of History and Naval Culture, Fernando Zumalacárregui, recalled during his speech that the Naval Museum of Cartagena had in its previous location of Menéndez Pelayo street 12 exhibition rooms, among which was a room dedicated to weapons Underwater, which is now recovering in an extended way.

Zumalacarregui pointed out that "submarine weapons have always had a special link with Cartagena, since the School of Submarine Weapons - the center where the teachings of their specialties have been taught and the doctrines established for their use - has been closely linked to the ancient Maritime Department of Cartagena "and that" has its origin in the School of Torpedoes, inaugurated in February 1880 in the Palace of the Intendance of Cartagena. "

He also stressed that the main objective of the museum is "to teach naval history and with it the history of Spain".

A HISTORY LINKED TO CARTAGENA

The director of the Naval Museum of Cartagena, Ramón Barro, explained that "the School of Submarine Arms where the longest has been located has been in Cartagena, within the different locations it has had throughout its history since 1880 by the Spanish geography ", in relation to the relation of the city with this type of armament.

"This room and the submarine are the only two rooms that differentiate a naval museum from any maritime museum or any non-naval military museum," stressed Captain Barro.

In another line, he recalled that the port city is the "cradle of submarine weapons specialty in Spain".

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena