CAMARA Y LIBERMOORE, ka'ma-ra E Manuel de la, Spanish naval officer: b. in Malaga in 1836. He was educated at the naval academy in San Fernando, and served in the Mexican campaign as staff officer of the French general, Francois Jurien de la Graviere, and later acted as sailing master and lieutenant of the Villa de Madrid and the VnFedora. He was active in the campaign against Peru and Chile, and in the struggle with Cuba (1868-78) ; and commanded a squadron in the Philippines as captain. Later he became chief of the naval commission to the United States and London, and rear-admiral. He commanded the squadron dispatched to the Philippines during the progress of the Spanish American War. On 16 and 17 June the Cadiz reserve squadron under Admiral Camara left port and sailed eastward through the Mediter ranean. His fleet included troopships convoyed by the Pelayo and the best of the men-of-war, except those with Cervera in the West Indies.
The United States consul at Port Said pro tested against permitting the Spanish fleet to refill its bunkers with coal there; nevertheless Camara received orders to proceed through the Suez Canal. At this juncture an official bulletin of the Navy Department at Washington an nounced that Commodore Watson would under his command an armored squadron with cruisers and proceed at once to the Spanish coast? That was on 27 June. As though to emphasize the threat came Cervera's defeat on 3 July. On 6 July Camara's squadron was re called to protect the Spanish coast; and so Wat son's fleet, which had scarcely begun to exist, had yet completely • fulfilled its destiny. Later he was chief of the training ships for cadets and captain-general of the department of Fer rol. He became vice-admiral in 1903 •and re tired in the same year.