Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - "Miguel de Cervantes" ya yi gwajinsa a teku a watan Disamba na 1929, ya kai gudun 25 knots, sau uku fiye da bukatun Navy. Tare da 'yar'uwar' yar'uwarta "Almirante Cervera", ta shiga cikin murkushe Juyin Juya Halin Asturias na 1934
, yana harbi unguwar Cimadevilla kuma, tare da jirgin yaƙi "Jaime I", yana jigilar sojoji da makamai zuwa Gijón.