Federico Gravina

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gravina and the second or maternal family name is Cruyllas.
Federico Gravina
Portrait of Gravina wearing the sash of the Order of Charles III
Birth nameFederico Carlo Gravina Cruyllas
Born(1756-08-12)12 August 1756
Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily
Died9 May 1806(1806-05-09) (aged 49)
Cádiz, Spain
AllegianceSpain
BranchSpanish Navy
Service years1768–1806
RankCaptain general of the Navy
Conflicts

Captain general of the Navy Federico Carlos Gravina y Nápoli (born Federico Carlo Gravina y de Cruyllas; 12 August 1756 – 9 May 1806) 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.

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