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The recurrence of war and the different areas where the armies were mobilised make the reign of Alfonso the Magnanimous an outstanding laboratory for the social study of war. Furthermore, it is even more excellent thanks to the vast amount of documentation preserved, which allows us to study the period in a much more comprehensive way. This paper would aim to be an approach the human component of the medieval Aragonese fleets analysing the particular case of the Royal fleet organised by King Alfons the Magnanimous in 1432 against de Tunisian island of Djerba. Often the motivation and relationship between the sea and the men who participated in such expeditions were very diverse, heterogeneous or even non-existent. The armada became somehow an exchange between social groups, sometimes forced, of different influences –economic, social, political, cultural- of different social status, communities of diverse territories and Kingdoms of the Crown of Aragon and, finally, between seafarers and landsmen. In this sense, we will focus on the study of the geographical and social origin of the crews of the Armada. Specifically, to the men who served in the four Royal ships and the Royal galley of the fleet. First of all, we will identify the centres of enlistment, and we will focus on the recruitment system. Secondly, we can note the nationalities so recorded, and comment on the patterns of service of the foreigner and identify if there was a government policy towards the service of crews of non Catalano-Aragonese origin, and the consequent attempts to record nationality on the enrolment books.