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====Other operations==== {{main|German involvement in the Spanish Civil War#Maritime operations}} Overtly, the Kriegsmarine was partly used to enforce the [[Non-Intervention Agreement]] from interfering in the war. However, the agreement was clearly broken by Germany.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=56}} As a result, the German [[pocket battleship]] {{warship|German cruiser|Deutschland||2}} stood guard over [[Ceuta]] to prevent interference from Republican ships while Franco transported troops to the Spanish mainland.<ref>Gannes, Harry and Repard, Theodore. ''Spain in Revolt''. Victor Gollancz Ltd. London 1936</ref> By mid-October, the German [[North Sea Group]] around Spain consisted of the pocket battleships ''Deutschland'' and ''[[German cruiser Admiral Scheer|Admiral Scheer]]'', the [[light cruiser]] {{warship|German cruiser|Köln||2}}, and four [[torpedo boat]]s. After the Germans claimed that ''[[German cruiser Leipzig|Leipzig]]'' had been attacked by an unidentified submarine, it was formally withdrawn from international patrols.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=57}} Operation Ursula, named after the daughter of [[Karl Dönitz]], involved a group of German U-boats active around Spain.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=58}} It began on 20 November 1936, with the movement of the ''[[German submarine U-33 (1936)|U-33]]'' and the ''[[German submarine U-34 (1936)|U-34]]'' from [[Wilhelmshaven]]. Identification marks were obscured, and the whole mission was kept secret.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=58}} Difficulties in identifying legitimate targets and concerns about discovery limited their operations.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=60}} During their return to Wilhelmshaven in December, the Republican submarine ''C-3'' was sunk; the Germans claimed that the sinking resulted a torpedo fired by ''U-34,'' although the Republican enquiry claimed its loss to have been caused by an internal explosion. Their submarines' return marked the official end of Operation Ursula.{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=60}} However, further submarines seem to have been sent in mid-1937, but details of the operation are not known (although six are believed to have been involved).{{sfn|Westwell|2004|p=60}}
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