the 20 survivors from "nabarra" were rescued by the nationalists and taken aboard "canarias". instead of the expected hostility and mistreatment, they were given medical assistance, and both the cruiser commander, future francoist admiral salvador moreno and captain manuel calderón interceded with franco when the basque seamen were sentenced to death in retaliation for the shooting of two crewmembers of the armed trawler "virgen del carmen", captured by republican sympathizers and diverted to bilbao in december 1936. the survivors were eventually acquitted and released in 1938.