Series
Belongs to: Navy General Archive "Alvaro de Bazan" (Archivo General de la Marina "Álvaro de Bazán") Ministry of the Navy (Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Marina / Ministerio de Marina)
Series name (source language): Navegación Mercantil
Consists of: 353 folders
Series Description:
Commercial navigation, until recently depended on the Ministry of Naval Affaires. Therefore, besides the military archive, this source is extremely valuable for commercial shipping and navigation. The Archive containes files related to incidents with commercial or fishing ships, crews, reports on arrivals or departures from different ports of call, patents etc. Folders are categorised by individual ship or organized by the different Maritime Departments.