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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.
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What did sir Walter Raleigh do in the spanish armada?
As he was English, he wasn't part of the Spanish Armada, the name tells you it was a fleet of ships from SPAIN. He did however, defeat the Spanish.
Who led the spanish armada defeat?
The Spanish Armada was led be the Duke of Medina Sidonia and the English Fleet commanded by Lord Howard of Effingham and Francis Drake
What country sponsered Sir Francis Drake?
He was second-in-command of a fleet of an English fleet and helped to defeat the Spanish. We refer to this entire incident as the Spanish Armada.
This was the name of the fleet defeated by the English navy in Elizabethan times?
The Spanish Armada.
What facts about the Spanish armada?
I'm not sure if this will help much but... The Spanish Armada lost to the English fleet in 1588.
How many cannons did the English fleet have in their battle with the Spanish Armada?
the spanish armada had an arey of gun mainly cannons and one shot pistles and rifles they had poor tic taks and wanted to win but did not.
Is armata a spanish word?
Armada, you mean? As in "The Spanish Armada"? Yes, but the term has been taken into English and describes a fleet of warships.
In 1588 what explorer helped defeat the Spanish Armada as vice admiral of his fleet?
Sir Francis Drake
Was the spanish armada a fleet of a 130 ships?
yes, it was.
What was the Armada?
Armada is the Spanish word for a fleet of ships. The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 150 ships with 29,000 men. It was put together by the Spanish in 1588 to invade England. Its defeat was a major blow to Spain. The event can be seen as signaling the end of the dominance of Spain and the Spanish Empire and the rise of the importance of England and the British Empire.
Which English privateer and slave trader helped build fleet to defeat armada?
Sir John Hawkins
Who was Queen of England when the spanish Armada battled the English fleet?
Queen Elizabeth 1
