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3 unusual facts about Ferrol


Ángela Ruiz Robles

Angela Ruiz Robles (born 1895 in Villamanín, Leon - d. 1975 in Ferrol, A Coruña) was a Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book.

Ferrol

Ferrol, Galicia, industrial city and naval station in Galicia (Spain)

Ferrol, Romblon

The Spanish noted the resemblance of the bay in the vicinity to the bay of Ferrol, Spain, which is the home port of Spain's Maritime Department of the North, hence the town's name.


Alonso Pita da Veiga

Alonso Pita da Veiga, born in Ferrol in 15th century Galicia, Spain, was one of the most remarkable officers of the Spanish Tercios fighting under the orders of Count Fernando de Andrade in the Battle of Pavia (Italy), and in other battles of the Italian Wars between the years 1513-1525.

Canberra-class landing helicopter dock

Navantia is contracted to construct the hulls from 104 'blocks' or 'modules', which are fabricated individually at Navantia's facilities in Ferrol and Fene, then combined on the slipway at the Ferrol shipyard.

El Circulo Mercantil de Ferrol

Its first president was William V. Martin (a.k.a.: Guillermo V. Martin, by the Spaniards), British Citizen and British Vice-Consul in Ferrol.

Frederick H. Shaw

Frederick Howard Shaw (a.k.a. Federico H. Shaw by the Spaniards) He was born in the Naval Station of Ferrol in North-western Spain on 20 October 1864 and died in the Spanish Capital on 11 August 1924) after a long and prolific political career.

Jacinto Argaya Goicoechea

He was appointed Bishop of Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol on October 27, 1957, where he represented his Diocese at the Second Vatican Council.

School of Naval and Industrial Engineers

The School of Naval and Industrial Engineers (also Escuela de Peritos Navales de Ferrol and Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica Naval de Ferrol) was created in 1963 by a Ministerial Order from Madrid, in accordance with a direct initiative of General Francisco Franco.

Spanish submarine C-3

Then she, C-2, and C-6 received instructions to form a patrol arc in front of Ceuta harbour to prevent the entrance of the cruiser Almirante Cervera, which had left Ferrol bound for the Gibraltar Strait.

Zenón de Somodevilla, 1st Marqués de la Ensenada

His ability was recognized by Don José Patiño, the chief minister of King Philip V, who promoted him to supervise work at the naval arsenal at Ferrol, the main base of the Spanish Navy's Maritime Department of the North since the time of the early Bourbons.


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