Faster ships
The defeat of The Spanish Armada in the English Channel, when the King of Spain sent the Armada to capture Queen Victoria I, For the Pope, whom had excommunicated her.The defeat of The Spanish Armada in the English Channel, marked the end of the control of the seas.
spanish armada or spanish flotilla
The English sea dogs had smaller faster ships than those belonging to the Spanish Armada. They were able to maneuver them into better positions. Also, the English guns could fire from a longer distance. The sea dogs were also close enough to home ports, they could go back and restock their gunpowder and cannonballs. The Spanish Armada and the crew were already suffering from bad storms and countless deaths from diseases.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada.
The Spanish Armada
The defeat of the Spanish Armada
The Sea Dogs Had Bombs Attached To Their Tails That Dropped Off And Destroyed The Spanish Ships.
The English (not British) defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588 when Shakespeare was 24.
The Spanish Armada didn’t defeat England. They tried, but ended up with all ships shipwrecked on the shores of Scotland. A storm came up and the tide had also changed taking them out to sea rather than towards the shore. The French didn’t have the Spanish Armada attack.
The ships weren't superior to those of the Spanish armada. Instead supposedly there was an English wind which made the ship sail faster and the English used that to their advantage. They ended up setting their ships on fire and sent them ramming into the Spanish ships. Due to the wind, by the time the Spanish realized what was happening, it was to late to turn around.
The weather changed on the Spanish ships and blew them out to sea rather than towards land. The tides in that area also change and the ships didn't know about the current moving in the wrong direction.
Invincible Armada