Ismael Warleta y Ordovás

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Warleta and the second or maternal family name is Ordovás.

Ismael Warleta y Ordovás (1836, Madrid – 9 August 1898)^[1] was a Spanish Navy officer who served as the Chief of Staff of the Navy from 20 August 1897^[2] until his death on 9 August 1898^[1] (although his successor was not appointed until 30 March 1899).^[3] Warleta's tenure as chief of naval staff coincided with the Spanish–American War, during which he attended a meeting on 23 April 1898 led by the naval minister Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo, where he supported the proposal of deploying Admiral Pascual Cervera y Topete's squadron to Cuba—a decision that led to the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.^[4] Previously, he had served as the head of the logistics branch of the Ministry of the Navy,^[2] and from 1888 until 1890 he commanded the cruiser Reina Regente as a ship-of-the-line captain.^[5]

References

1. Revisto de Historia Aeronáutica Nº 25, (2007).
2. Reales decretos nombrando, Capitán general del Departamento de Cádiz, á D. Domingo de Castro; Jefe de Armamentos de la Carraca, á Don Juan Jácome; Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Armada, á D. Ismael Warleta; Director del Material del Ministerio de Marina, á D. Manuel de la Cámara; segundo Jefe del Apostadero de la Habana, á D. Luis Pastor; Jefe de la Comisión. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 232, de 20/08/1897, páginas 666 a 667.
3. Reales decretos nombrando, Subsecretario del Ministerio de Marina y Jefe de Estado Mayor general de la Armada, al Contraalmirante D. Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles; Presidente del Centro Técnico de la Marina, al Vicealmirante de la Armada D. José Navarro y Fernández; Vocales del Centro Técnico de la Marina, á los Contraalmirantes Don Eduardo Reinoso y Díez de Tejada. Gaceta de Madrid núm. 89, de 30/03/1899, páginas 1186 a 1187.
4. Information from abroad: War notes, Issues 1-8 (1899), Office of Naval Intelligence, pp. 63–64
5. El “Reina Regente” y la Jeune École (27 de enero de 2015).

Military offices
Preceded by Segismundo Bermejo y Merelo	Chief of Staff of the Navy 1897–1898	Succeeded by Manuel Mozo y Díaz Robles