Armada 1588 Armada 1588 is the story of the Spanish Invincible Armada created by King Philip II to crush Elizabethan England.The Spaniards must meet with their strong land forces in Flanders and ...
And on 28 April 1588, with 130 ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia carrying 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. Don't miss the latest ...
The drama is set in 1588 during the attack of the Spanish Armada. A young boy - Thomas Harte - and his father have just arrived onboard one of the English ships. They are not expecting to stay ...
The Armada was to be commanded by the Marquis of Santa Cruz, the most distinguished officer in the Spanish navy, a weather-beaten old hero who was said never to have lost a battle. But Santa Cruz ...
The discovery of the letters between the Duke of Medina Sidonia, Commander of the Armada and his second in command, a man called Juan Martinez de Recalde illustrates the fierce naval battles ...
He destroyed all of the ships in the harbour and this helped to delay the departure of the Armada ... Spanish with little to rebuild their fleet with. The Spanish fleet finally sailed in July 1588.
The Spanish Armada was a fleet of around 130 ships with 30,000 men onboard launched by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 as part of a planned invasion of England. It was eventually defeated by the ...