only Alcalá Galiano engaged the Nationalist ships. The convoy, bound for Algeciras, reached its destination on the evening after a brief exchange of fire. While mooring in Algeciras, the gunboat Dato straddled the British destroyer after misidentifying her as Republican. While steaming back to Málaga, Alcalá Galiano was attacked and hit by Nationalist aircraft. Francoist sources claim that she suffered 18 seamen killed and 28 wounded. Aftermath From 6 August, transport ships crossed the Strait of Gibraltar, with the cover of Italian bombers. On 7 August, the battleship Jaime I and the cruiser Libertad shelled Algeciras and severely damaged Dato and Uad Kert. However, in the first week of August, a German Junkers Ju 52 struck the Republican Jaime I and Italian bombers started to harass the Republican fleet so that they could no longer prevent the passage of transport ships. Furthermore, the Republican warships were inefficiently handled by their crews and two German cruisers, and patrolled the Strait. In addition, the British authorities in Gibraltar and Tangier were hostile to the Republic. The British oil companies in Gibraltar refused to sell fuel to the Republican navy. The Tangier International Commission denied the use of the harbor to the Republican Navy, because this was contrary to the city's neutrality, but nevertheless authorized the passage of food, goods and gasoline for the German transport planes to Spanish Morocco. By the end of September, the Republic had lost control of the waters between Morocco and the mainland after the battle of Cape Espartel. See also Spanish Civil War Republican ship classes List of classes of Spanish Nationalist ships of the Spanish Civil War Footnotes Bibliography 1936 in Spain August 1936 events Battles and conflicts without fatalities Conflicts in 1936 Maritime incidents in 1936 Maritime incidents in Spain Mediterranean naval operations of the Spanish Civil War Naval battles of the Spanish Civil War