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Ferrol is an Atlantic-facing city in the province of ). HISTORY leaving the Bay Of Ferrol (1588)]] After various local dominations {Link without Title} , and Ferrol, were built between 1726 - 1783 and produced ships protected with copper sheets from the rolling mills of Xubia. In 1772 it was created The Spanish Royal Academy Of Naval Engineers of Ferrol the first one in Spain . A decline set during the reign of Charles IV , and in 1800 , after the defences had been removed, a British fleet of 109 vessels landed troops on the beach of Doniños to take the Castle of San Felipe. Although only equipped with meagre artillery, the castle small defence force under the command of Count Donadio and helped by citizens of Ferrol, successfully resisted the attack and the fleet withdrew. {Link without Title} The arsenals and fortress remained abandoned and they were easily occupied by the French in 1809 . The alliance with England during the War of Independence failed to prevent the deterioration in the town’s fortunes and, under Ferdinand VII , Ferrol became a “dead” town, losing its title of capital. New activities sprang up, however, during the administration of the Marquis De Molina , Minister for Naval affairs in the mid 19th Century . Ten years after the , Vickers and Armstrong ) the Shipbuilding yards, Workshops , Foundries and Dry Docks in Ferrol. FFG Digitally Controlled Frigates (2005)]] For a period of sixteen years all the technicians were exclusively British, and the situation was not altered till 1925 when the management was taken over by Spanish engineers, as one of the new policies introduced by the then newly created government, including ministers both civil and military, of the dictator Miguel Primo De Rivera ( 1923 – 1930 ). In sight of the outbreak of a civil war, and because there was fear of social unrest in the naval station, the Foreign Office in London , organized a ship to repatriate all the remaining British citizens and on July 22 , 1936 the ship HMS ''Witch'' departed from Ferrol back to Britain. The outbreak of the till the early 1990s the city confronted numerous problems due to a decline in the Naval Sector . The beginning of the new Millennium however, has been a time of economic expansion and prosperity in general. A new Motorway and an Outer-port {Link without Title} have been recently built; making the communications by land and sea, with the rest of the world, much easier and faster. Ferrol, the most important shipyards seems to be flourishing once again, and with it, the whole heavily populated district of '' As Mariñas '' and '' Ferrolterra ''. {Link without Title} QUOTATIONS
Note: The attack on Ferrol happened in sight of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe , where the Spaniards were expected to take side with the French , as they did in the Battle Of Trafalgar 1805 . Ferrol was virtually impossible to Blockade in the age of sail, as any strong westerly winds would take the blockading force away along the treacherous north coast of Spain where they had no safe haven. By contrast, British forces blockading Cadiz could seek refuge at Gibraltar , and those blockading the French naval port of Brest could seek refuge in Tor Bay . The British could then quickly return when the weather changed before too many of the blockaded ships had had time to reach open water via the narrow channels. By contrast, the geography of Ferrol meant that a whole Spanish fleet could slip out on a single tide. By the time the British were able to resume the blockade the Spanish would be safely away and out to sea. BRITISH NOVEL
SEE ALSO this Summer Festival August ( 1934 )]] Notable Galicians born in Ferrol
Life, Culture and Industry in Ferrol
History of Galicia and Ferrol
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