Estimates from 18 to 24 ships have been made of Armada wrecks off the Irish coast. Eighteen sites have been identified by underwater salvage teams.
The Spanish Armada tried to attack England through the Rocky Coast of Ireland, but they failed. The ships of the Spanish Armada were destroyed when they hit the Rock of the Rocky Coast of Ireland.
The Girona was wrecked at Dunluce, Co. Antrim. Seventeen other sites have been identified along the rugged western coast.
There were numerous wrecks of fleeing Armada ships off the western and northern coasts of Ireland after their defeat in the English Channel. The best account is 'Ireland: Graveyard of the Spanish Armada' by Kilfeather.
It was not so much that the English fleet destroyed the Armada. The Spanish ships were caught in gales off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, which wrecked most of the them on the rocky coasts.
yes, it was.
The Spanish Armada tried to attack England through the Rocky Coast of Ireland, but they failed. The ships of the Spanish Armada were destroyed when they hit the Rock of the Rocky Coast of Ireland.
The Girona was wrecked at Dunluce, Co. Antrim. Seventeen other sites have been identified along the rugged western coast.
There were numerous wrecks of fleeing Armada ships off the western and northern coasts of Ireland after their defeat in the English Channel. The best account is 'Ireland: Graveyard of the Spanish Armada' by Kilfeather.
Yes it did. Many ships were shipwrecked there.
It was not so much that the English fleet destroyed the Armada. The Spanish ships were caught in gales off the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, which wrecked most of the them on the rocky coasts.
Following the Spanish armada, the remains of the defeated Spanish fleet, found some of their ships shipwrecked off the coast of Ireland. Some of the men who were saved remained in Ireland, where a common Spanish name ':Don Juan" , gradually over the years became 'Duniam'"..........
yes, it was.
Up to 24 ships were wrecked on the rugged coast of western Ireland with losses of around 5000 men. Despite tales of the survivors being assimilated into the Irish population most survivors were executed by the English and even some by the native Irish. Those that survived in many cases fled to Scotland and thence to Spain. For most authoritative book on the subject is "Ireland Graveyard of the Spanish Armada" by T. P. Kilfeather. The wikipedia article 'Spanish Armada in Ireland' is another source.
spanish amarda
They started out with 151 ships.
It was a fleet of ships.
It was Phillips II ships that fought against the Spanish armada