Casto Secundino María Méndez Núñez was a Spanish Navy officer. He served in the First Italian War of Independence in Italy in 1849, the Spanish-Moro Conflict in the Philippines in 1861, and the Dominican Restoration War in the Caribbean in 1863-1864. Rising to the rank of contralmirante he achieved international renown for his command of the Spanish Navy's Pacific Squadron during the Chincha Islands War in 1865-1866, becoming one of the major Spanish naval figures of the nineteenth century. In Spain, he is a popular hero, viewed as an exemplification of good character and Spanish patriotism.
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