Horacio Echevarrieta
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Horacio Echevarrieta Maruri (Bilbao
, September 15, 1870 – Burceña–Baracaldo, May 20, 1963) was a businessman, banker, industrialist, patron of the arts, politician and diplomatic mediator.
The son of a mine owner from Bilbao, he expanded his father's activities and set up businesses in many fields, such as the merchant marine, shipbuilding and real estate.
He dealt with the German naval officer and spymaster Wilhelm Canaris
and set up a project to build a German–designed submarine in Cádiz
. The submarine was built under the designation of submarino E-1
, but the Spanish Navy lost interest in the project and it was finally sold to Turkey, which designated is as Gür
.
He acted as a mediator between the Spanish government and Abd el-Krim.
See image, dated 1923, on http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Horacio_Echevarrieta_and_Abd_el-Krim.jpg
Bilbao
Bilbao ) is a Spanish municipality, capital of the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 353,187 , it is the largest city of its autonomous community and the tenth largest in Spain...
, September 15, 1870 – Burceña–Baracaldo, May 20, 1963) was a businessman, banker, industrialist, patron of the arts, politician and diplomatic mediator.
The son of a mine owner from Bilbao, he expanded his father's activities and set up businesses in many fields, such as the merchant marine, shipbuilding and real estate.
He dealt with the German naval officer and spymaster Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Canaris
Wilhelm Franz Canaris was a German admiral, head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944 and member of the German Resistance.- Early life and World War I :...
and set up a project to build a German–designed submarine in Cádiz
Cádiz
Cadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
. The submarine was built under the designation of submarino E-1
Submarino E-1
Submarino E-1 was a German-designed Spanish-built submarine that served in the Turkish Navy as the Gür between 1936 and 1947....
, but the Spanish Navy lost interest in the project and it was finally sold to Turkey, which designated is as Gür
TCG Gür (1936)
TCG Gür was a German-designed submarine built in 1929-30 by the Echevarrieta y Larrinaga Shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, and bought by the Turkish Navy in 1935 where it served until 1947...
.
He acted as a mediator between the Spanish government and Abd el-Krim.
See image, dated 1923, on http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Horacio_Echevarrieta_and_Abd_el-Krim.jpg
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