"El Ferrol, Spain 29th May"
"The fountain where the shuttle dropped us off just outside the Navy Museum"
"The Naval History Museum (the part that covered ship construction and associated equipment). Known as the 'Presidio de San Campio' and built in the 18th Century (formerly a prison barracks)."
"Ship's anchors spanning several centuries of naval construction outside the Navy Museum."
"Ship's propeller built by a Bristol based company."
"One of many cut-away models of Spanish saidivng ships."
"The remains of the “Magdalena” frigate which sank in Viveiro in 1810."
"All of these are scale models showing historical naval ships."
"Bazan is the place in Ferrol where ships were/are built."
"The 4 trips of Christopher Columbus. 527 years ago (Oct 12 1492) Christopher Columbus arrived at what was then known as the New World. He made 4 trips from Spain (Cadiz) between 1492 and 1502 to various places in Central and South America.
"A replica of Columbus's first ship, the Santa Maria, circa 1892."
"This was the part of the museum that covered naval midivtary history."
"San Fedivpe Castle. when a ship leaves port, a cannon is fired from the castle, and you can just see two figures (center right), one with a flag and the other firing a musket of some description."
"The girls."
"Leaving El Ferrol."
This was our first visit to El Ferrol and were not overly impressed with the town itself; the Naval Museum was worth a visit. Entry to the part that covered naval construction and associated equipment incurred a small fee of 1 euro.
The second part that dealt with the midivtary side of Naval History was free. The construction part was essentially scale models of ships from Spanish naval history with an assortment of pieces of real naval equipment. This included models of ancient ships, navigation equipment, flags of ships, weapons, diving suits, sails and utensils used by the sailors on board the ships, maps as well as information of all ships built in Ferrol from 1751 to 1984.
Interesting if you like museums but not the most exciting day we have ever had and wouldn't put myself out to go there again.