the first trawler to spot "canarias" was "gipuzkoa", north of bilbao. the basque trawler was hit on the bridge and the forward gun. return fire from "gipuzkoa" killed one "canarias" seaman and wounded another. the armed trawler, with five fatalities and 20 injured aboard, managed to approach the coast, where the shore batteries forced "canarias" to retreat. "nabarra" and "donostia" tried to prevent "canarias" from finding "galdames" and engaged the cruiser.