Ferrol is a Galizan town near A Coruña. Ferrol is best known for the IZAR shipyard. The town was the birthplace of Spanish generalissimo Francisco Franco, and was officially known as El Ferrol del Caudillo from 1938 to 1982.
Ferrol 43°28′ N 8°15′ W is an Atlantic-facing city in Galicia in north-western Spain.Today, is best known for the Navantia shipbuilding yards and for being the Spanish capital of the Maritime Department of the North and back in the 18th century was the most important arsenal in Europe.
For the first time the immense strategic importance of the port of Ferrol came to be understood and it 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.
Ferrol, the most important Naval Station in the north of Spain [9], with its well sheltered harbour and busy port, together with the NAVANTIA shipyards seems to be flourishing once again, and with it, the whole heavily populated district of Las Mariñas and Ferrolterra.
In the 17th century, ElFerrol was the most important arsenal in Europe, and, to day, it is a key seaport, industrial and urban centre in the very heavy populated district of Las Mariñas.
For the first time the immense strategic importance of the port of ElFerrol came to be understood and it was made capital of the Maritime Department of the North, formed under Ferdinand VI and Charles III for the defence of the colonial empire of America.
Rapid and well planned improvements followed and the position of ElFerrol was made almost unassailable from the sea, the difficulties of disembarking troops on its precipitous coast being heightened by its protecting line of fortresses, particularly San Carlos.
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