Spanish battleship Espana seriously damaged according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 3 dated 22 January 1921

An item referred to the press reporting that the Spanish battleship Espana was seriously damaged when she grounded in the Gulf of Anoud. It would become difficult to refloat her while there were none vessels with a shallow draught avaible to support.

Note

1. Succeeded by planned but not realized Reina Victoria Eugenia-class, Laid down on 6 December 1909 at the shipyard of the Sociedad Española de Construcció Naval in El Ferrol, Spain, launched on 5 February three years later, completed on 23 October 1913 was she lost when running aground on 26 August 1923.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-118-88