12 Facts About Ferrol Spain

Possibly, as the bay of Ferrol Spain was such a well guarded port that the old fishing village would have been named after the metal by traders reaching the enclave, in other words: Ferrol Spain.

However, according to experts, the origin of the arms of Ferrol Spain goes back only to the eighteenth century, and there are several variants used over time, without having been set in accordance with the applicable legislation since the 1990s.

In Roman times, in the 1st century BC, a fishing port existed which trade in metals as well as wild horses in the bay of Ferrol Spain in the neighbourhood of Nerium there is a place called Narahio famous for its medieval castle which phonetically resembles a bit Strabo's Nerium modern day Cape Prior in these parts of Iberia dominated in ancient times by the Artabri giving name to the Portus Magnus Artabrorum .

Ferrol Spain, was then, just as it is today a first class natural harbour, in the treacherous waters of the Atlantic, very well guarded, not surprisingly, described often in history as the best natural port in Europe.

Ferrol Spain served as a strategic safe port during the Hundred Years' War, sided the House of Trastamara during the Castilian Civil War and as a personal reward to Fernan Perez de Andrade, in 1371, Henry II gave the town to the powerful Andrade family.

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Ferrol Spain was made Capital of the Maritime Department of the North, formed under Ferdinand VI and Charles III for the defence of the Spanish Colonial Empire in America.

Rapid improvements followed, notably under the leadership of the Marquis of Ensenada, and the position of Ferrol Spain was made almost unassailable from the sea, the difficulties of disembarking troops on its precipitous coast being strengthened by a renewed line of fortresses and newly built castles, including that of San Carlos.

Ferrol is famous in the history of the struggle between the Spanish Empire and the British for being one of the only enclaves in the world, together with Cartagena de Indias, that always resisted occupation successfully: mostly, because Ferrol was virtually impossible to blockade in the age of sail, as strong westerly winds would take any blockading force away along the treacherous north coast of Spain where they had no safe haven.

The geography of Ferrol Spain meant that an entire Spanish fleet could slip out on a single tide.

Ferrol Spain only built two ships of the line between 1794 and 1845, although nine frigates and a considerable number of smaller warships were built between these dates.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War the shipbuilding yards, workshops, foundries and dry docks in Ferrol Spain were taken over by the state and fully nationalized in 1945 under the name "Bazan", later renamed "IZAR", and, starting from January 2005, Navantia.

Spanish Squadron, as always have done from times immemorial, loves taking part in Naval demonstrations and at the beginning of the 21st century Ferrol Spain hosted the large NATO Maritime Exercise Loyal Mariner back in June 2008.