Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza

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Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza
Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza

Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza (born in Motrico, Guipúzcoa, Spain, 27 September 1761; died on Trafalgar Coast, Cádiz, 21 October 1805) was a Spanish noble, a major of Motrico, a naval officer and a scientist who died at the Battle of Trafalgar.

He was born in Motrico, Guipúzcoa, in 1761 and in 1776 joined the Naval Academies of Ferrol and Cadiz. Churruca was married to Doña María Dolores Ruíz de Apodaca, niece of Don Sebastian Ruíz de Apodaca, Admiral of the Spanish fleet, settled in Chaguaramas in 1797. Doña María was only 19 when Churruca died.

Educated in Guipúzcoa and Castile, Cosme Damián de Churruca joined the Spanish Navy and performed heroically in a siege of Gibraltar.

Churruca's Death, oil on canva by Eugenio Álvarez Dumont, Prado Museum
Churruca's Death, oil on canva by Eugenio Álvarez Dumont, Prado Museum

He commanded the 74-gun San Juan Nepomuceno in the Battle of Trafalgar, when a cannon ball caused him injuries that cost him his life.

"If you hear that my ship has been captured, say that I am dead"

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