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Creative essay
Spanish ships
Out of the 129 that sailed against England were destroyed as a direct result of naval combat.
Route to England
A minimum of fifty Armada ships were lost through accident or during the Atlantic storms
More than 13,500 sailors and soldiers did not come home
16th century
Philip ||
Sought to extend his empire and roman catholic faith
July 1588
His armada reached the southwest coast of England
Thirty years before
Philip II of Spain had been such an unenthusiastic husband to Mary
The kingdom of England is and must always remain strong at sea
Elizabeth
knew this full well and gambled that her navy, reinforced by hired armed
merchantmen and volunteer ships, could destroy the invasion force at sea.
Her warships, she maintained, were the walls of her realm
The first, and arguably her last, line of defense.
Elizabeth's pasimony
English ships
Starved of gunpowder and ammunition
failed to land a killer blow on the ‘Great and Most Fortunate Navy’