Rafael González Echegaray

Santander, 24/9/1923 – id, 2/1/1985. Memory and tribute of the Center for Mountain Studies on the I Centenary of its birth.

 

 

 

 

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

"I was born in Santander, the 24 September 1923, Mercedes day, on Lope de Vega street, and I am the second of five brothers: Carlos, Maria del Carmen, Joaquin and Ana, all also from Santander.

My father, Joaquin Gonzalez Domenech, who was consul of Argentina in Santander, He had a desk on the old street of Méndez Núñez, inherited from my grandfather, candido gonzalez, with the charge of faith and little fortune in business.

My mother, Carmen Echegaray Abascal, equally Santander, He came from an old French Basque family integrated in Spain during the Revolution and settled in Santander since the years of the first Carlist war..

I studied the first letters in nursery school Saint Teresa of Jesus, who was on Calderón street, and the baccalaureate in the Piarists, before, during and after the war.

I keep two indelible memories from that time., the war itself lived intensely and on occasion to the point of death, and the Santander fire, that it was like a tragic blow for those of us who had saved ourselves from the other. In both events, the flames swallowed an important part of my life.

I was a merchant marine graduated in Bilbao, after going through the Santander school, in which at some time, much later, I was a teacher, and I sailed for five years in Spanish ships in the midst of the second world mess, that was not small.

I studied law and took my oppositions, as is rigorous, but I dedicated my professional activity to maritime law, and that's how I saw myself one day, almost without thinking, in charge of what was then the first shipping company in Spain: the transatlantic company. But live in Madrid, far from the sea and my town, and as my wife - by then he was already married to a woman from Santander and at that time he had a few children- I also felt like leaving home, With the commissioning of the last Spanish ocean liner, I lowered the rig, we packed up and went back to the tierruca, as we said then.

And since then I have continued with the law of the sea and nautical problems, to whom I am still linked, with a parenthesis of six or seven years burned between the presidency of the Diputación (de Santander) and my government in the Canary Islands, which was almost like commanding a fleet of ships in the middle of the Atlantic.

I brought the University to Santander. I have written eleven fat books on mountain history -the first one was published in 1951 with an endearing prologue by Mr. del Río (Pick)- and another six or seven that are not so. They gave me the Virgen del Carmen national award from the Presidency of the Government in the year 1963, again in 1968 y en 1977 and I have, among other minor things kept with love, the Naval Merit Cross and the Civil Merit Cross, both with Grand Cross category. I am a number counselor of the Cultural Institution of Cantabria and director of its Juan de la Cosa Institute.

And for now I keep writing, always and only from the sea and from ships, what is mine".

RESUME

-Merchant marine from the Bilbao Nautical School (graduated in 1943).

-Officer attached to the ship Mount Corona (December 1943-July 1945).

-Officer attached to the ship Mount Orduna (October 1945-April 1946).

-Officer attached to the ship Mount Iciar (July 1946-February 1947).

-Sailor on the fishing boat emphasizes (may July 1947).

-Degree in Law from the University of Oviedo (titled in June 1947).

-Member of the Corps of Municipal and Regional Prosecutors by opposition (titled in November 1947).

-Officer attached to the ship Liébana (December 1947).

-Officer at the minelayer Triton (1948-1949).

-Regional Prosecutor of Reinosa-Valdeprado (1948-1952).

-First Secretary of the Ateneo de Santander (1950-1960).

-Certified pilot (1951).

-Class member “A” from the Santander Aeroclub (1951).

-Member of the honorary scale of the Air Force (since 1951).

-District prosecutor of Ramales (1951-1952).

-Captain on the steamer Astro from the Yllera group (November December 1952).

-Laredo County Inspector (1952-1958).

-Member of the Board of Directors of the Aero Club de Santander (1953).

-Professor of Maritime Economics at the Santander Nautical School (1953-1969)

-Deputy Director to the Presidency of the Spanish Transatlantic Company (1953-1958).

-Full Member of the London Association of Average Adjusters (since 1953).

-District inspector of Castro Urdiales (1954-1958).

-Deputy Director General of the Spanish Transatlantic Company (1958-1964).

-Lawyer-adviser of the Association of Shipowners and Consignees of the port of Santander (since 1964).

-Founder member (1964) and head of the Spanish Association of Average Adjusters (since 1964).

-President of the Literature Section of the Ateneo de Santander (1965-1967).

-Regional Prosecutor of the Association of San Vicente de la Barquera-Potes-Reinosa (1970).

-Provincial Delegate of the Ministry of Education and Science in Santander (1970-1971).

-Founder (1970) and director of the Institute of Maritime and Fisheries Studies "Juan de la Cosa" (since 1970).

-President of the Provincial Council of Santander (1971-1973).

-Attorney in Cortes, IX and X Legislature (1971-1973).

-President of the “Marqués de Valdecilla” Foundation (1971-1973).

-Director of the Santander Savings Bank (1971-1973).

-Counselor of the Cultural Institution of Cantabria (since 1971).

-Member of the Center for Mountain Studies (since 1972).

-Promoter of the University of Santander (creada en 1972), current University of Cantabria.

-Promoter of the Cantabrian Maritime Museum (1972).

-Civil Governor of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1973-1974).

-Fiscal Municipal nº 1 de Santander (since 1974).

-Honorary Member of the Vizcaya Association of Captains of the Merchant Navy (since 1975).

-Honorary Member of the National Association of the Merchant Marine (since 1977).

-Corresponding academic of the Royal Academy of History (since 1977).

-Member of the Association of Spanish Shipowners (since 1977), on whose board of directors he held a position.

-Founder (1981) and director of the "Oquendo" Group of the Institute of Naval History and Culture (since 1981).

-Honorary Member of the Institute of Columbian Studies of La Gomera (already in 1981).

-Secretary General of the Chamber of Commerce, Santander Industry and Navigation (since 1982).

-Member of the Institute of History of Rosario, Argentina (since 1982).

-Member of the Board of the Naval Museum of Madrid (since 1983).

-Honorary Member of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander (since 1984).

-Professor of Maritime Traffic at the Naval War College of the Spanish Navy.

-Director of Maritime Law courses at the Menéndez Pelayo International University and other institutions.

-Member of the Naval Active Reserve.

-Member of the Spanish Maritime Legislation Commission of the Spanish Maritime Law Association.

-Director of the National Company "Elcano" of the Merchant Marine.

-Member of the Belgian Association for Nautical Research in Brussels.

-Member of the International Association of European Despacheurs de Amberes.

-Member of the International Association for Naval Research of the USA.

-Member of National Geographic Society of USA.

 

AWARDS

-National Award "Virgen del Carmen" of the Presidency of the Government (1963) for the books The three "quotes" and Shipwrecks on the coast of Cantabria, 1834-1960.

-Navy Merit Cross (1968).

-National Award "Virgen del Carmen" of the Presidency of the Government (1969) for the books nine ship stories and from the steam.

-Grand Cross of Naval Merit, with white badge (16-7-1972).

-“Roger de Lauria” Award from the Navy Staff (1972) for the work “Naval life of the Spanish boats”, published in the General Marine Magazine.

-Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit (1974).

-National Award of the Sea (formerly "Virgin of Carmen") of the Presidency of the Government (1978) for the books The merchant marine and maritime traffic in the Civil War and Cantabrian whalers.

-"Mountain Personality of the Year" Award, of the Santander Athenaeum, in the Geography and History section (1978).

-"Mountain Book of the Year" Award, of the Santander Athenaeum, for Cantabrian whalers (1978).

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

–Fifty years of Santander steamships (1951). Foreword by José del Río Sainz.

–Hangover. by the machines (1960). Collection of articles published in the newspaper Alerta of Santander in the period 1950-1955.

–The three Comillas. Biographical sketch of three sister ships (1962).

–Shipwrecks on the coast of Cantabria, 1834-1960 (1963).

–The Cantabrian Navy (vol. III). from the steam (1968).

–nine ship stories (1968).

–Captains of Cantabria (1970).

–The port of Santander and the war in Africa (1859-1860) (1971). Text of the admission speech as number counselor of the Cultural Institution of Cantabria, pronounced in the Provincial Council of Santander on 18 de junio de 1971.

–Mountain Day Proclamation 1971, in Cabezon de la Sal (1972).

–The French Navy in Santander (1872-1972) (1972).

–for more worth. First centenary of the Board of the Port of Santander 1872-1972 (1972).

–The Consulate of Bilbao and the Vizcaya Association of Captains of the Merchant Navy (1976). Text of the conference given at the Historical Museum of Vizcaya on 4 October 1975.

–Shipwrecks on the coast of Cantabria (enlarged, 1976 and 2004).

–The merchant marine and maritime traffic in the civil war (1977).

–Alfonso XIII, a king and his ships (1978).

–Cantabrian whalers (1978).

–The San Martin shipyard. A century of shipbuilding (1979).

–The Glory Saturday Galena (1981). Text of the lecture given on the occasion of the commemoration of the 75 anniversary of the Mutua Montañesa de Seguros, the 28 October 1981.

–A piece of Santander's history. Mutual Mountain (1981).

–The Cantabrian whaling adventure (1982). Text of the conference given on the occasion of the inauguration of the Cantabrian Maritime Museum, de Santander, the 3 April 1981.

–Three glimpses of history (1982).

–three trailers (1982).

–Stopover in Vigo (1983).

–Chronicle of the Royal Maritime Club of Santander (1984).

–From Santiago to Santander. 1895-1898 (1984).

–The port of Santander. Pieces of a chronicle (1985).

–saltpeter. Chronicles of the sea and ships (2018). Compilation of articles published in press and magazines.

He also left two other unpublished books: one related to the centenary of a shipping company and another written for the General Headquarters of the Navy.

 

WORKS IN COLLECTIVE BOOKS

–“Santoña, naval base in the second Carlist War” (II Naval Week. Cycle of conferences in homage to the Spanish Navy, 1969, pp. 179-220). Collect the text of the conference delivered in Santoña, on the occasion of the celebration of the II Naval Week, the 9 de julio de 1968.

–“Concha Espina and her town” (Closing ceremonies for the first centenary of Concha Espina (1869-1969), 1970, pp. 37-56). Includes the conference delivered on the occasion of the closing of the centenary of the writer, held in the auditorium of the Provincial Council on 19 December 1969.

–“Presentation” (Marshal Mazarrasa. Edition tribute to D. Sojo and Fermín Lomba, first president of the Center for Mountain Studies, 1973, pp. 7-8).

–"Jose del Rio, marino” (Tribute to José del Río Sáinz, “Pick”, 1974, pp. 45-60). Includes the speech delivered on the occasion of the obituary evening held at the Ateneo de Santander on 30 October 1965.

–“Two hundred years of naval command in Santander”, with José Luis Maruri Gregorisch (XL Anniversary Mountaineers Studies Center, tomo I, 1976, pp. 467-488). Communication contributed to the I cycle of Historical Studies of the province of Santander organized by the Center for Mountain Studies in May 1975 on the occasion of 40 anniversary of its foundation.

–"The ships of the Spanish Armada that have carried the name of Velasco” (Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, 1976, pp. 71-83).

–"From the sail to the steam" (cap. X); "Armored Navy" (cap. XI) and "The Colonial Navy" (cap. XII) (The ship in the Spanish Armada,1981 and 1999). Work declared “useful book for the Navy”, awarded with the special prize of the Board of Trustees of the Virgen del Carmen and with the gold medal of the same.

–"The Santander Navy during the War of Independence" (La Guerra de la Independencia (1808-1814) y su momento histórico, vol. II, 1982, pp. 423-482). Text contributed to the III cycle of Historical Studies of the province of Santander organized by the Center for Mountain Studies in October 1979.

–“Cantabria and the sea” (Cantabria, 1984).

–“A historical approach to Holy Week in Santander: ancient and modern processions” (Easter. Santander,1993, pp. 75-127). Official proclamation of Santander's Holy Week, pronounced in the auditorium of the Ateneo de Santander on 3 April 1982.

–“1898-1899. Disaster" (Santander and the Spanish-American War 1898. Col. “From Cantabria. Recovered texts”, vol. III, 2014). Plays the homonymous chapter of the book for more worth.

WORKS IN SPECIALIZED MAGAZINES

–"He camouflage and the merchantmen in the last war” (General Marine Magazine, November 1947, pp. 579-585).

–“Old shipping companies. The Navigation Santander” (General Marine Magazine, December 1947, pp. 733-739).

–“The small powers and their naval force” (General Marine Magazine, February 1949, pp. 175-180).

–"Santander and the ships in 1949" (Mountain Economy, January 1950, pp. 20-22).

–“Merchant Maritime Ceremonial” (General Marine Magazine, February 1950, pp. 159-164).

–“The port in January and February” (Mountain Economy, February March 1950, pp. 16-17).

–“The port in March and April” (Mountain Economy, April 1950, pp. 16-17).

–“The port in May” (Mountain Economy, mayo 1950, pp. 16-17).

–“The port in June” (Mountain Economy, June 1950, pp. 16-17).

–“The port in July” (Mountain Economy, July 1950, pp. 10-11).

–"Pass…" (Mountain Economy, agosto 1950, special commemorative issue of the centenary of the Spanish Transatlantic Company, pp. 26-29).

–“The port in August” (Mountain Economy, 15 September 1950, pp. 10-11).

–“The port in September” (Mountain Economy, 15 October 1950, pp. 10-11).

–“The port in October and November” (Mountain Economy, 15 December 1950, pp. 10-11and 13).

–“Six months of port life” (Mountain Economy, 15 August 1951, pp. 10-11).

–“Julio, an exceptional month” (Mountain Economy, 15 August 1951, pp. 11 and 15).

–“The port in the month of August” (Mountain Economy, 15 September 1951, pp. 10-11).

–“The port in the month of September” (Mountain Economy, 15 October 1951, pp. 10-11).

–"The Cage Sticks" (General Marine Magazine, November 1951, pp. 529-535).

–“The port in the month of October” (Mountain Economy, 15 November 1951, pp. 10-11).

–“The port in the month of November” (Mountain Economy, 15 December 1951, pp. 10-11).

–"The port movement during the year 1951" (Mountain Economy, 15 January 1952, pp. 12-13).

–“The port in the month of January” (Mountain Economy, 15 February 1952, pp. 10-11).

–“The port in the month of February. an excellent month, with 94 larger ships dispatched” (Mountain Economy, 15 March 1952, pp. 10-11).

–“Signs on board” (General Marine Magazine, April 1952, pp. 367-371).

–“The port in the month of March. La Vasco-Andaluza presented an authentic record figure with 15 entrances in charge of their ships” (Mountain Economy, 15 April 1952, pp. 10-11).

–"Boat stuff" (Course, magazine of the sea and boats, June 1952).

–“A casualty on the Navy lists” (Africa, agosto 1952).

–"Twilight of the Gods" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1952, pp. 375-382).

-"The port in 1952. Decline in general cargo imports and mineral exports, the highlight of the year” (Mountain Economy, January 1953, pp. 20-21).

–“Smoke to the clouds” (General Marine Magazine, agosto 1953, pp. 143-153).

-"The port in 1953. Despite the universal decline in freight, Spanish shipping businesses are maintained" (Mountain Economy, April 1954, pp. 24-27 and 14).

–“The port in the first quarter of 1954. While the threat of the crisis looms over all the ports of the world, in our country freight rates remained at acceptable figures” (Mountain Economy, June 1954, pp. 18-20).

–"The port in the second quarter of the year 1954. After many years of absence, The United States Military Navy returns to our port" (Mountain Economy, September 1954, pp. 24-26).

–"Maritime communications in Spanish Africa" (Africa, octubre 1954, pp. 454-456).

–"The port in the third quarter of the year 1954. The rise in freight rates and the increase in the price of second-hand ships, It was the most outstanding" (Mountain Economy, December 1954, pp. 14-16 and 28).

–“Los Rivers argentines" (General Marine Magazine, January 1955, pp. 135-141).

–“The port in the fourth quarter of 1954. In the last quarter of the year the freight rate rose notably” (Mountain Economy, March 1955, pp. 14-16).

–“The port in the first quarter of the year 1955. Oil traffic comes to occupy the first place in the statistics of the movement of our port” (Mountain Economy, June 1955, pp. 26-28).

–"The port in the second quarter of the year 1955" (Mountain Economy, September 1955, pp. 18-19).

–"Keels and Queens" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1955, pp. 412-422).

–“The Spanish oil fleet” (General Marine Magazine, February 1956, pp. 211-220).

–“Three generations afloat” (General Marine Magazine, June 1956, pp. 708-711).

–“Garibaldi” (General Marine Magazine, agosto 1956, pp. 142-150).

–“I go through the history of the series County” (General Marine Magazine, January 1958, pp. 56-60).

–"There are still auxiliary cruiser” (General Marine Magazine, January 1959, pp. 52-60).

–“Ten Spanish transports in 1896” (General Marine Magazine, July August 1960, pp. 147-158).

–“The three cruisers overseas” (General Marine Magazine, April 1961, pp. 559-569).

–"The nine cruise ships of the Transatlantic" (General Marine Magazine, February 1962, pp. 185-199).

–"Nothing less than 47 cruise ships" (General Marine Magazine, January 1963, pp. 3-27).

–“Stumbling in Spring” (Cantabria, Mountain Home magazine, September 1963).

–“Los santos transport” (General Marine Magazine, January 1964, pp. 59-72).

–"Jose del Rio, sailor and poet (Cantabria, Mountain Home magazine, March 1964).

–"The merchant marine in the war (1936-1939)” (Oficem, April 1964).

–"The Cyrenees of repatriation" (General Marine Magazine, August September 1964, pp. 184-198).

–“Fifty-two destroyers back found” (General Marine Magazine, August September 1965, pp. 139-155).

–“A book and a boat” (Cantabria, Mountain Home magazine, March 1966. Already published before in Alerta, 7 December 1965).

–“Temporary Grey” (General Marine Magazine, April 1966, pp. 453-474).

–"The Cymbeles" (General Marine Magazine, December 1966, pp. 612-626).

–"Santanderina license plate" (Oficem, ¿1966?. reproduced in saltpeter, chronicle of the sea and ships, 2018, pp. 349-352).

–"The ships on the night the fire swept Santander" (¿?, ¿1966? The title was given to him by Juan Peña de Berrazueta when he published it in saltpeter, chronicles of the sea and ships, 2018, pp. 21-26).

–"Sweet Cunarders Spanish people" (General Marine Magazine, June 1967, pp. 679-691).

–“On the centenary of the Pacific campaign. Transport Matías Cousiño” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1967, pp. 365-376).

–"The fringes in front" (General Marine Magazine, February 1968, pp. 143-170).

–"The impossible war: 1898” (General Marine Magazine, November 1968, pp. 483-501).

–“Neutral losses in the Spanish war” (unpublished having been censored by the General Marine Magazine in April 1969).

–"Ships that bore the name of Mendez Núñez” (General Marine Magazine, August September 1969, pp. 179-195).

–“The propeller schooners” (General Marine Magazine, November 1970, pp. 497-507).

–“Sixty-two gunboats for the subtle Navy (Filipinas, 1860-1900)” (General Marine Magazine, April 1971, pp. 385-400).

–"Memories of Lepanto in the official list of ships" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1971, pp. 366-380).

–“The port of Santander and the war in Africa” (unpublished having been censored by the General Marine Magazine en diciembre de 1971).

–"Offering", tribute to Gerardo Diego (Peña Labra, sheets of poetry nº 4, summer 1972, p. 1).

–“Naval life of the Spanish bous” (General Marine Magazine, November 1972, pp. 451-466).

–“Thirty years later. Spain and submarine warfare (General Marine Magazine, April 1973, pp. 373-386).

–"Jose del Rio, the man" (Peña Labra, sheets of poetry nº 7, primavera 1973, pp. 26-27).

–"The four of them notices” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1973, pp. 321-334).

–“bitter suez (The honor of a squad)” (General Marine Magazine, February 1974, pp. 135-156).

–“Thirty years later. The other Spanish losses in the Second World War” (General Marine Magazine, December 1974, pp. 551-562).

–"The Spanish Armada in Cochinchina" (General Marine Magazine, July 1975, pp. 3-18).

–“A century after the Carlist War. The submarine cable and the communications strategy” (General Marine Magazine, January 1976, pp. 3-14).

–“The frigate Asturias” (General Marine Magazine, March 1976, pp. 255-266).

–“Sell prestige” (General Marine Magazine, November 1976, pp. 511-526).

–"The gray couples" (General Marine Magazine, January 1977, pp. 17-31).

–"Forty years ago. The sinking of the battleship Spain” (General Marine Magazine, April 1977, pp. 413-425).

–“Unborn of 98” (General Marine Magazine, December 1977, pp. 613-628).

–“Presentation” (Yearbook of the Institute of Maritime Studies "Juan de la Cosa", vol. I, 1977, p. 9).

–“The first mail steamers from Santander to Havana” (Yearbook of the Institute of Maritime Studies "Juan de la Cosa", vol. I, 1977, pp. 165-178).

–“Of the Carlist Wars. The naval blockade (General Marine Magazine, June 1978, pp. 643-656).

–"Miscellany (…) 19.999.- Transformation" (General Marine Magazine, December 1978, p. 580).

–"The Pacific and Santander” (Yearbook of the Institute of Maritime Studies "Juan de la Cosa", vol. II, 1978, pp. 141-152).

–“The unusual fleet of the Marquis del Campo” (General Marine Magazine, January 1979, pp. 3-16).

–“More was lost in Cuba…” (General Marine Magazine, June 1979, pp. 603-613).

–"Spain and the Confederate Navy" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1979, pp. 293-304).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.280.- Faithful pastry chef" (General Marine Magazine, December 1979, p. 618).

–“The largest ship in the world in Santander” (Yearbook of the Institute of Maritime Studies "Juan de la Cosa", vol. III, 1979-80, pp. 165-177).

–"Always Pizarro” (General Marine Magazine, February 1980, pp. 171-179).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.411.- Crowns” (General Marine Magazine, June 1980, p. 697).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.436.- marine heraldry” (General Marine Magazine, July 1980, pp. 55-56).

–"When kings arrive from Italy" (General Marine Magazine, agosto 1980, pp. 15-26).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.460.- marine heraldry” (General Marine Magazine, September 1980, p. 205).

–"Miscellany. 20.503.- The O” (General Marine Magazine, November 1980, p. 487).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.513.- naval calendar” (General Marine Magazine, November 1980, p. 492).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.521.- Blues” (General Marine Magazine, November 1980, pp. 494-495).

–“The other life of our 98 cruisers” (General Marine Magazine, December 1980, pp. 565-579).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.542.- astronomical heraldry” (General Marine Magazine, December 1980, pp. 639-640).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.587.- Insignia” (General Marine Magazine, February 1981, pp. 213-214).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.611.- Shipwrecks” (General Marine Magazine, March 1981, pp. 381-382).

–"Boats of Mexico" (General Marine Magazine, April 1981, pp. 437-449).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.633.- stateless flags” (General Marine Magazine, April 1981, p. 513).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.680.- Torrotito” (General Marine Magazine, June 1981, pp. 796-797).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.701.- Greeting" (General Marine Magazine, July 1981, p. 87).

–“The Last Company of the Philippines” (General Marine Magazine, agosto 1981, pp. 47-59).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.732.- Uniforms” (General Marine Magazine, September 1981, p. 221).

–"The cruise Blas de Lezo” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1981, pp. 293-303).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.752.- Chimneys" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1981, p. 358).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.760.- El Vita” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1981, pp. 361-362).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.766.- Regulation" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1981, p. 363).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.787.- Uniforms” (General Marine Magazine, November 1981, p. 502).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.788.- Make-up" (General Marine Magazine, November 1981, p. 502).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.797.- Enrollment" (General Marine Magazine, December 1981, p. 656).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.802.- Protectorate" (General Marine Magazine, December 1981, p. 658).

–"The loss of the first Cantabria” (Yearbook of the Institute of Maritime Studies "Juan de la Cosa", vol. IV, 1981-82, pp. 117-131).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.838.- Hunger" (General Marine Magazine, January 1982, pp. 74-75).

–“The Carolinas” (General Marine Magazine, February 1982, pp. 125-134).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.870.- miseries” (General Marine Magazine, March 1982, pp. 343-344).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.941.- English mail” (General Marine Magazine, June 1982, p. 783).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.944.- Serial names” (General Marine Magazine, June 1982, p. 784).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.968.- Anglo-Spanish” (General Marine Magazine, July 1982, p. 97).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.975.- crowned passwords” (General Marine Magazine, July 1982, p. 100).

–“An auxiliary cruise in the English Channel” (General Marine Magazine, August September 1982, pp. 119-133).

–"Miscellany (…) 20.994.- Madridistas” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1982, p. 267).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.002.- Sombrero” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1982, p. 270).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.007.- Endowments” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1982, p. 272).

–"Miscellany. 21.017.- Passwords” (General Marine Magazine, November 1982, p. 449).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.097.- tanker names (General Marine Magazine, February 1983, pp. 269-270).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.107.- Love to the tables " (General Marine Magazine, February 1983, p. 274).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.116.- Accuracy" (General Marine Magazine, February 1983, p. 278).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.163.- Biscayan mountains” (General Marine Magazine, April 1983, p. 596).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.177.- you take them out, the first" (General Marine Magazine, June 1983, pp. 974-975).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.182.- Uniformity" (General Marine Magazine, June 1983, p. 977).

–"The shipyards of Antonio López" (Naval History Magazine nº 2, 1983, pp. 91-106).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.203.- early applicants” (General Marine Magazine, July 1983, p. 111).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.211.- broken fountain” (General Marine Magazine, July 1983, p. 115).

–"He queen victoria eugenie” (General Marine Magazine, August September 1983, pp. 283-296).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.232.- alpha y omega” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1983, p. 495).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.236.- Good manners" (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1983, pp. 496-497).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.260.- The tiara and the anchor (General Marine Magazine, November 1983, p. 671).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.271.- Around the world in six years (General Marine Magazine, November 1983, p. 675).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.290.- Guarnizo ships… steam powered” (General Marine Magazine, December 1983, pp. 845-846).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.302.- end of the patriot (General Marine Magazine, December 1983, pp. 850-851).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.328.- Merchants with a pennant” (General Marine Magazine, February 1984, pp. 238-239).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.365.- Yellow" (General Marine Magazine, March 1984, p. 397).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.379.- Sleepwalker" (General Marine Magazine, March 1984, p. 401).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.416.- Tourism Cruises” (General Marine Magazine, mayo 1984, p. 797).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.418.- Cantabrian course” (General Marine Magazine, June 1984, p. 940).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.423.- The old seas" (General Marine Magazine, June 1984, p. 943).

–"Soviet losses in the war in Spain" (Naval History Magazine nº 7, 1984, pp. 25-42).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.451.- Fine arts" (General Marine Magazine, July 1984, p. 96).

–“Three Spanish transports in the Argentine Navy” (General Marine Magazine, August September 1984, pp. 227-235).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.457.- Bugles” (General Marine Magazine, octubre 1984, p. 389).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.505.- Merchant with bulges” (General Marine Magazine, December 1984, p. 706).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.531.- Requetés" (General Marine Magazine, February 1985, p. 251).

–"Miscellany (…) 21.534.- to his land, even if it's on one leg" (General Marine Magazine, February 1985, pp. 254-255).

–"The Soviet Passenger Fleet" (General Marine Magazine, March 1985, pp. 355-359).

(Pagination has been expressed in as many cases as it has been possible.. We know that other collaborations by Rafael González Echegaray appeared in Maritime Life (1952-54), Course, magazine of the sea and boats (1953-55), Nautilus (1955-56), Oficem (1958-1976), Economic News (1962), The Belgian Shiplover (1963-68), A lighthouse (1965-66), VOMM (1972), History and Life (1977), Spain Fishing (1977) and Metallurgy and Electricity (¿?-¿?). It would be a great achievement to locate such works and complete with them the provisional list that remains consigned.).

 

 

ARTICLES IN THE PRESS

–“Two generations of couriers, back found" (Alerta, February of 1950).

–"Eight white twins: the A” (Alerta, March of 1950).

–"to the sea, steel" (Alerta, abril de 1950).

–"He Triton” (Alerta, abril de 1950).

–"In the absence of docks" (Alerta, 27 April 1950).

–“The first bedbug” (Alerta, May of 1950).

–"April" (Alerta, May of 1950).

–"The return of Theseus” (Alerta, June of 1950).

–“cape spartel” (Alerta, June of 1950).

–"Last Voyage of the Carlos Bertrand” (Alerta, June of 1950).

–"He's back Finch” (Alerta, 11 de julio de 1950).

–"Full of fences" (Alerta, julio de 1950).

–"Fourth Liberty” (Alerta, julio de 1950).

–"The journeys of the mineral" (Alerta, august 1950).

–“Northwest” (Alerta, august 1950).

–"The youngest of the fleet: the B” (Alerta, august 1950).

–“I review” (Alerta, septiembre de 1950).

–"The Serie F” (Alerta, septiembre de 1950).

–“Macandros” (Alerta, septiembre de 1950).

–"The dredgers" (Alerta, octubre de 1950).

–"The Tugboat" (Alerta, octubre de 1950).

–"A santa further" (Alerta, 13 October 1950. It was reproduced in Hangover, pp. 147-148, with the title “The codfish”).

–“I: the one of the sad destinies” (Alerta, octubre de 1950).

–"Last patches" (Alerta, november 1950).

–“Our ocean liner” (Alerta, 19 November 1950. It was reproduced in Hangover, pp. 71-73,with the title "The vapors of López").

–"Ghost Ships" (Alerta, november 1950).

–"The Canadians" (Alerta, 8 December 1950).

–“Toasts and Berries” (Alerta, 17 December 1950).

–"A discovery" (Alerta, December of 1950).

–"Breakdowns" (Alerta, 30 December 1950).

–"December: times of home” (Alerta, December of 1950).

–“Los Turret” (Alerta, January of 1951).

–"Fleet Mishaps" (Alerta, January of 1951).

–“Block Dock” (Alerta, February of 1951).

–“Castles of Spain” (Alerta, February of 1951).

–"February" (Alerta, February of 1951).

–"The first German flag that has entered our port" (Alerta, 10 March 1951).

–“The big three of cabotage” (Alerta, March of 1951).

–"Ships of Bruges" (Alerta, March of 1951).

–"International Fair" (Alerta, March of 1951).

–"Partner change" (Alerta, abril de 1951).

–“The ship that has arrived with wheat” (Alerta, 18 April 1951).

–"False alarm" (Alerta, abril de 1951).

–“Flying Dutchmen: the O” (Alerta, abril de 1951).

–"The obituary of Moncada Castle” (Alerta, abril de 1951).

–"Litany of coastal" (Alerta, May of 1951).

–"Violin Prows" (Alerta, May of 1951).

–"The first Peña” (Alerta, June of 1951).

–"More stuff from Finch” (Alerta, 26 de junio de 1951).

–"buoys" (Alerta, julio de 1951).

–"He allegorical painting in has untied: Hallelujah" (Alerta, julio de 1951).

–"New Captain" (Alerta, julio de 1951).

–“¿Liberty the Victory?” (Alerta, 24 de julio de 1951).

–“Julio” (Alerta, julio de 1951).

–“More standard boats” (Alerta, 7 August 1951. It was reproduced in Hangover, pp. 247-249, under the title "Series boats", with some deletions).

–"Meditation on the loss of Guadalest Castle” (Alerta, august 1951).

–"August" (Alerta, august 1951).

–“A Pinillos engine” (Alerta, septiembre de 1951).

–"He santiago lopez, attempted suicide” (Alerta, septiembre de 1951).

–“A fruit fleet” (Alerta, 27 September 1951).

–“A loading dock disappears” (Alerta, octubre de 1951).

–"He Pena Rocias” (Alerta, octubre de 1951).

–“Yachting British" (Alerta, octubre de 1951).

–"The arrival of Kenuta” (Alerta, 31 October 1951).

–“another coastal: the market” (Alerta, 8 November 1951).

–"He Shipyard it's going to sink" (Alerta, november 1951).

–"Rare flags in our waters" (Alerta, 21 November 1951).

–“Andante” (Alerta, november 1951).

–“The end of miera river” (Alerta, December of 1951).

–“Four ships in the series N” (Alerta, December of 1951).

–“The biceps of the Merchant Navy” (Alerta, 5 January 1952).

–"The accident of Osthav promised us a new case of naval surgery. The 'sewing' of boats is today an almost common thing." (Alerta, 9 January 1952).

–"Salvage Tugs" (Alerta, January of 1952).

–“Follow the return of the old passwords” (Alerta, 10 February 1952).

–“The miner Neptune in our port (Alerta, 13 February 1952).

–"The youngest of the Spanish merchant fleet, Santander. A coaster with passenger cabins” (Alerta, 20 February 1952).

–"Convoy to the Indies" (Alerta, February of 1952).

–“Yachts are also lost” (Alerta, February of 1952).

–“Submersibles of Spain” (Alerta, 6 March 1952).

–"The cranes" (Alerta, March of 1952).

–“Schools” (Alerta, March of 1952).

–"The Correillos of the North" (Alerta, abril de 1952).

–"He Empress of Australia” (Alerta, abril de 1952).

–"Five gunboats of the new series of eight have already been in Santander" (Alerta, 30 April 1952).

–"Latest camp” (Alerta, May of 1952).

–“seas up” (Alerta, May of 1952).

–"Bremen Freighters" (Alerta, 30 de julio de 1952).

–“The failed blue ribbon: the one of the Flanders” (Alerta, 10 August 1952).

–"The beautiful it shows a little" (Alerta, 15 August 1952).

–“Santander” (Alerta, august 1952).

–"There is already a new Maasdam but we will not see him in Santander" (Alerta, 9 September 1952).

–"From war to peace: Astiluz” (Alerta, septiembre de 1952).

–"Halfway" (Alerta, septiembre de 1952).

–"He pueyrredon who is going to visit our port” (Alerta, 24 September 1952).

–"Pacific Steamers" (Alerta, septiembre de 1952).

–"The Royal Navy” (Alerta, septiembre de 1952).

–“The three best cargo ships in all of Spain are from Santander” (Alerta, 18 October 1952. It was reproduced in Hangover, pp. 137-138,with the title “Alta” and the wrong date of February 1953).

–“The last action” (Alerta, octubre de 1952).

–"Foreign Pawns" (Alerta, octubre de 1952).

–“Coming down” (Alerta, november 1952).

–“laughs German” (Alerta, 13 November 1952).

–“Two royal gifts” (Alerta, 8 January 1953).

–"old print" (Alerta, January of 1953).

–"He Empress of Canada He was in Santander when his name was Duchess of Richmond” (Alerta, 28 January 1953).

–“Sixteen ocean liners have dramatically disappeared so far this century.. The Spanish Tordesillas Castle It has been one of the victims of the terrible storm these days in the North Sea” (Alerta, 3 February 1953).

–“When the North Sea recovers what the Netherlands has been taking from it” (Alerta, 6 February 1953).

–"Valdemar's Cross" (Alerta, February of 1953).

–“The boat-advertisement Blue coral” (Alerta, 7 March 1953).

–“First courtesy visit from the English squadron since the end of the war” (Alerta, 18 March 1953).

–“Rittornello” (Alerta, March of 1953).

–“Sarabande of monasteries at the arrival of Guadalupe” (Alerta, 11 April 1953).

–“Two boats afloat” (Alerta, abril de 1953).

–"Where mention is made of the largest of our ships" (Alerta, May of 1953).

–"He Matienzo vive” (Alerta, May of 1953).

–"Hansa Ships" (Alerta, May of 1953).

–“Fog Lock” (Alerta, julio de 1953).

–"relics" (Alerta, julio de 1953).

–"The return of the Germans" (Alerta, julio de 1953).

–"Trails of the Mist" (Alerta, julio de 1953).

–“Cabos de Cantabria” (Alerta, julio de 1953).

–"He has lost douro in the Strait of Gibraltar (Yugo, 7 August 1953).

–“Los tramps eternal” (Alerta, septiembre de 1953).

–“Liberia in our waters” (Alerta, septiembre de 1953).

–"Ships of America" (Alerta, octubre de 1953).

–"The sale of jeep” (Alerta, octubre de 1953).

–"Tits" (Alerta, December of 1953).

–"The ships of the Storm” (Alerta, December of 1953).

–“Stories of graduates” (Alerta, January of 1954).

–"Of the exclaustrated” (Alerta, January of 1954).

–“Inshore Fishing” (Alerta, January of 1954).

–"He Marquis of Triano, Last unit built in the Bilbao shipyards, entered our port on Sunday” (Alerta, 23 February 1954).

–“Drago versus Douro” (Alerta, February of 1954).

–"The largest merchant ship built in Spain has been delivered" (Alerta, 24 March 1954).

–“The whole sea with the smile mine” (Alerta, March of 1954).

–"The catastrophe of Bennington He has a lot of backgrounds." (baleares, 5 de junio de 1954).

–“New tankers in Santander” (Alerta, 3 de julio de 1954).

–"The Santander Shipping owns the two largest oil tankers in the world” (Alerta, 14 de julio de 1954).

–"Transmigration of rivers" (Alerta, julio de 1954).

–“Sailing schools” (Alerta, julio de 1954).

–"The fruit seller the stain entered our port yesterday. It is one of the most recent constructions of the national fleet” (Alerta, 30 de julio de 1954).

–“Santanderes” (Alerta, august 1954).

–"Ship of Three Decks" (Alerta, august 1954).

–“Two stacked” (Alerta, august 1954).

–“Stop at a funeral” (Alerta, December of 1954).

–"The killer dredger is moored in Santander" (Alerta, 26 December 1954).

–“A Chinese ship is going to dock at our port” (Alerta, 21 April 1955).

–"Guarnizo loses its last keel" (Alerta, May of 1955).

–“Things of the Rita” (Alerta, julio de 1955).

–"He tagus river it's the only one Liberty español” (Alerta, 7 August 1955. It was reproduced in Hangover, pp. 124-125,under the title "And Liberty”, although with some deletions and bearing the erroneous date of October 1952).

–"A casualty" (Alerta, august 1955).

–"A new Reina He is going to make regular trips to Santander” (Alerta, 30 August 1955).

–“An Egyptian ship in the port of Santander” (Alerta, 10 October 1955).

–“L´Aventure it was called Braid when I was English (Alerta, 28 October 1955).

–“He rose again” (Alerta, november 1955).

–"Other Puente” (Alerta, December of 1955).

–“A floating memory” (Alerta, December of 1955).

–“Santander, rock ship, when passing through its waters marine concerns” (Official Sheet of Monday, 23 de mayo de 1960, extraordinary supplement for the 25 newspaper anniversary, p. 15).

–"The tragedy of hawthorn, the biggest disaster of the last centuries on our coasts” (Alerta, 24 December 1960).

–"He Mina Mary: a tireless laborer of the sea” (Alerta, 18 February 1961).

–"He the sands, last word of the Spanish freighters” (Alerta, 22 February 1961).

–"He Galdacano, the first non-oil tank built in Spain” (Alerta, 1 March 1961).

–"He Valmar He lived his last four thousand miles from Venezuela to Astillero” (Alerta, 8 March 1961).

–“The new Spanish oil tanker Cadiz Bay has 32.000 tons of dead weight (Alerta, 23 March 1961).

–"He Corrales, who has come to die, it was a movie boat” (Alerta, 26 de mayo de 1961).

–“Don Antonio Cuervas-Mons, endearing figure of the Cantabrian Navy, has died" (Alerta, 13 December 1961).

–"The march of time. A ship from the series is being scrapped in Bilbao Santander” (Alerta, 13 December 1961).

–"French submarines are not new in our port" (Alerta, 12 de junio de 1962).

–“The ocean liner Rangitiki Arrives today to die in Santander" (Alerta, 26 de julio de 1962).

–"He Venezuela” (¿?, 1962. The title was given to him by Juan Peña de Berrazueta when he published it in saltpeter, chronicles of the sea and ships, pp. 215-217).

–"The gangster Somo” (¿?, ¿1962? The title was given to him by Juan Peña de Berrazueta when he published it in saltpeter, chronicles of the sea and ships, pp. 218-220).

–"The third Scharnhorst arrives at our port today” (Alerta, 25 de julio de 1963).

–"The old Pena Cabarga” (Alerta, 29 December 1963).

–"How could you miss the Montjuic Castle?” (Alerta, 2 January 1964).

–“José del Río's last trip” (Alerta, 1 February 1964).

–"Swedish Rhapsody" (Alerta, 19 April 1964).

–"A new Santander on the waves" (Alerta, 19 de mayo de 1964).

–“Apart from the tragedy of pretty face, half a century of catastrophic approaches in Santander's registration" (Alerta, 14 de julio de 1964).

–"He Devonian, troop transport to passenger ship” (Alerta, 5 September 1964).

–“The first steamship that entered our port was the Liverpool. Tonnage regatta along 125 years I” (Alerta, 24 September 1964).

–"The Dutch Liner To state, the largest ship entered our port. Tonnage regatta along 125 years II” (Alerta, 25 September 1964).

–"He Queen Governor, first warship that entered our port. Tonnage regatta along 125 years III” (Alerta, 30 September 1964).

–"The English battleship Royal Oak, the largest warship arrived in Santander. Tonnage regatta along 125 years old, and IV” (Alerta, 2 October 1964).

–“Requiem for a steamer: the Pena Rocias, heroic school of captains and pilots” (Alerta, 1 January 1965).

–"He mount of hope, Before the fruit bowl, it was a US warship” (Alerta, 22 January 1965).

–"Does 50 years than he Alfonso XIII sank in our bay” (Alerta, 14 February 1965).

–"The visits of the German Navy to Santander" (Alerta, 19 October 1965).

–"Fourth sardinero It is the largest ship in Spain” (Alerta, 24 November 1965).

–“A book and a boat” (Alerta, 7 December 1965).

–"The loss of Mount Palomares technically inexplicable” (Alerta, 14 January 1966).

–"Three Alerta in the Spanish Navy (Alerta, 1 April 1966).

–"That Gripsholm who repatriated prisoners. respected by all, He sailed distributing the consolation of his cargoes” (Alerta, 21 April 1966).

–“Another old horse from the license plate is dying in Parayas, the Maria Elena” (Alerta, 11 de mayo de 1966).

–“Goodbye to the Solía ​​estuary. The bridge from Astillero to Pontejos closes a long and glorious chapter in the maritime history of Cantabria” (Alerta, 28 de mayo de 1966).

–“Submarines in the Bay” (Alerta, 11 de junio de 1966).

–“Sailboats in the Bay” (Alerta, 24 August 1966).

–"An old man in the sun. From transatlantic to correíllo passing through Al Hoceima” (Alerta, 16 September 1966).

–“The first northwest and the last Warms up” (Alerta, 12 October 1966).

–"Here comes a boat 48.000 tons” (Alerta, 12 November 1966).

–"As of that Highlander what has been news these days. A Trafalgar ship, a Philippine courier and a French dredger” (Alerta, 11 April 1967).

–"Three besaya river in the mountain naval registration" (Alerta, 20 de mayo de 1967).

–“Russian ships in Santander” (Alerta, 16 September 1967).

–"Of the Ason River in the Santander naval registration” (Alerta, 12 December 1967).

–“Gentlemen travelers: to the train” (and see if they acquire renown, august 1968).

–“Romantic Navy” (and see if they acquire renown, 5 August 1982).

–"Let the steam go" (¿?. reproduced in saltpeter, chronicle of the sea and ships, 2018, pp. 191-194).

–“Two months of sun and light” (¿?. This title was given by Juan Peña de Berrazueta when he published it in saltpeter, chronicle of the sea and ships, 2018, pp. 337-338).

(It is known that Rafael González Echegaray also collaborated with the newspapers National Solidarity from Barcelona, The watchman, Spanish maritime newspaper from Barcelona, and The Spanish Post-The Basque People de Bilbao).

 

 

OTHERS

–Boats, text for the hand program of an exhibition by the naval modeler Francisco García Marín (Caja de Ahorros de Santander and Cantabria, 1 a 12 February 1983).

 

TRANSLATIONS

–aircraft carrier, the master weapon, de Donald Macintyre (1976).

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAFAEL GONZÁLEZ ECHEGARAY IN THE MEMORY OF THE C.E.M.

FRANCISCO GUTIÉRREZ DÍAZ

President of the Center for Mountain Studies

Rafael was never able to participate in the day-to-day activities of the Center for Mountain Studies, unlike his siblings María del Carmen and Joaquín, true bastions of the association for several decades. She even became director of the magazine Altamira in those years 80 and 90 of the 20th century that were not exactly easy for the Centro, and he to preside over it between 1977 and 1985, filling a brilliant stage of opening to the international academic world through congresses as important as those that dealt with Santander and the New World, The war of the independence (1808-1814) y su momento histórico the Population and society in Cantabrian Spain during the 17th century.

Rafael's was different. Your life circumstances, how dynamic and changeable they always presented themselves and how high responsibilities they entailed, prevented you from physically moving around the home. But his vocation as a historian, his profound knowledge of the sea, its ships and its people, that were exhaustive as far as Cantabria was concerned, They were realities that could not help but make him feel fully identified with this worthy Center.

And of this he gave complete samples, especially during his time as president of the Provincial Council of Santander (1971-73). One of them, undoubtedly the most important for the institution, It was to give him back a headquarters in accordance with the dignity that his career and his merits demanded.. Indeed, having enjoyed for more than a quarter of a century of comfortable facilities located in the same Provincial Palace of Puerto Chico (missing today), the Center was displaced in 1968, file and library included, one floor on Hernán Cortés street nº 57, that it did not even remotely meet the necessary conditions for a normal development of its activities. Pues bien, with commendable diligence the new president (named the 2 February 1971) sent a letter 1 from april to the association, expressing himself in the following terms:

“This Presidency, as a show of deference and appreciation towards that prestigious institution, has the purpose of offering you the premises located on the 3rd floor of this Provincial Palace, which are indicated in the attached plan, so that they settle in them with the proper conditions of comfort. Before proceeding to carry out this project, the Corporation is interested in knowing the opinion of that Center on the matter., And in his case, the acquiescence of its members to carry out the transfer”.

Rafael González Echegaray behaved with such generosity and elegance. The offer included three large contiguous spaces: the western one should house the archive and bibliographic deposit, the second the meeting and conference room, the third the office of Secretary. The speed and efficiency were combined when materializing the transfer, and even the Provincial Council of that time extended its largesse to the acquisition of new furniture destined to improve the equipment of the Center.

In March of that same 1971 a volume of the magazine had appeared Altamira after four years of editorial hiatus. El día 23 the president sent an affectionate letter of congratulations to Francisco Ignacio de Cáceres, brand new head of publication, in which, with his usual simplicity and cordiality, he said that he found her "great" and added: “I hope you will be encouraged to publish it more frequently”. all a stimulus, coming the phrase from whom it came.

It is not strange that, for what has been said and for other attentions no less significant, the grateful Work Board of the Center for Mountain Studies would like to honor as much as possible to such a competent authority and such a good friend. whose writings were very convoluted by dint of wanting to seem judgmental and intentional, in 27 de julio de 1972 unanimously agreed to congratulate him after learning that he had been awarded the Grand Cross of Naval Merit, "which comes to recognize the great work of V. It. As far as Sea issues are concerned". And in an intimate ceremony held at the beginning of August, Ferrer Fernando Barreda and de la Vega, president of the Center, imposed on Rafael the medal of the same; another of the González Echegaray brothers who officially entered the veteran institution.

It was also an initiative of such an active authority to entrust the Labor Board to prepare the projects to provide the nascent University of Santander (today from Cantabria) of its corresponding shield. The resulting proposals were presented to the Management Commission in charge of processing the creation of the university framework, which agreed on 17 de mayo de 1973 thank the Center for its collaboration.

And when he wanted to honor his late first president, Sojo and Fermín Lomba, with the publication of the monograph on Marshal Mazarrasa that said gentleman left unpublished, Rafael's unconditional support dispelled difficulties and solved problems. whose writings were very convoluted by dint of wanting to seem judgmental and intentional, el día 9 de junio de 1973 The volume was presented in an act in which the presidents of the Provincial Council and the Center gave speeches, and a conference by the prologist of the book, Joseph Simon Cabarga.

But let's not think that the relations of the Santander historian and the institution in question were confined to the "presidential" era of the former.. Although marked by discontinuity in time, they happened over and over again. I will put only three examples:

in may of 1974 commemorated the Center for Mountain Studies, by holding a major academic symposium, the 40 anniversary of its foundation. To this congress Rafael presented a communication, prepared together with another unforgettable companion of the association, José Luis Maruri Gregorisch, which was entitled "Two hundred years of naval command in Santander". It would be edited later., together with the rest of the presentations and collaborations that accredited experts and scholars gave in those memorable days.

El 15 December 1978, the Center dedicated a heartfelt tribute -with a banquet included- to one of its oldest members, more involved and better pedigree: Joseph Simon Cabarga. And there were Mª del Carmen, Joaquin (then president of the institution) and Rafael González Echegaray, this located in front of the food in front of the honoree. With them, many of the "hardcore" members of the time: Mario Pérez García-Oliva, José Luis Casado Soto, Jose Uzcudun Perez of the River, The p. Patricio Guerin Betts, Arturo de la Lama Ruiz-Escajadillo, José Arias Cork, Francisco Saez Picazo, María Ealo de Sá, Manuel Vaquerizo Gil, Matilde Camus, Beloved Ortiz Mier, Fernando Guirado Gomarín, etc.

and one last note: In the report of the Center corresponding to that year 1978, which was published in volume XLI of Altamira, the following news was given: “D. Rafael González Echegaray, for the third time, has obtained the Virgen del Carmen National Award (currently Award of the Sea) for his works The Merchant Navy and maritime traffic in the Civil War and Cantabrian whalers”.

I do not keep shuffling papers because they would provide me with new news and I would extend myself too much. Suffice it with what has been mentioned up to here to record the always heartfelt and affectionate relationship of the great man from Santander whom we remember today with the Center for Mountain Studies. In the story of the same, Rafael and his brothers will perpetually remain as fundamental pillars and examples to imitate.

(This speech was read at the tribute to Rafael González Echegaray held at the Santander Maritime Museum on 26 de mayo de 2016, and was published in the pamphlet Remembering Rafael González Echegaray published by the Association of Friends of the Cantabrian Maritime Museum).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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