Doctrine in the Spanish Navy

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Doctrine in the Spanish Navy

J. J. Tritten

History of doctrine in the Spanish Navy 1270-1994. Early doctrine was oriented towards the close aboard battle. Under French (Bourbon) rule, new national navy organized and greatly influenced by French Navy doctrine. Some of the most sophisticated navy doctrine during the age of sail was written in Spain. The lack of continued combat had a negative influence on doctrinal development. Doctrine came easy to the Spanish Navy-probably due to cultural conditioning, lessons learned include: (1) the long time necessary to change doctrine in the Spanish Navy, (2) the very twisted path that doctrine took in Spain, (3) the close cooperation with France did not serve Span well, (4) successful innovation was not possible without a friend in court, (5) doctrinal innovation suffers without frequent combat, and (6) the Spanish Navy takes it for granted that there will always be doctrine in their navy.