Spanish Armada

it started.... because the ships like England and Spain and stuff like that wanted a fight so the decided that they will have a fight to and so they had a fight and England won.

The armada did not invade England. It aas defeated by what was

called a Protestant wind, because the wind was bad for the Spanish

Catholic fleet and good for Protestant ruled England.

In 1588 (and even for several years prior), in anticipation of their intended invasion of the British Isles, Spanish leaders prepared their "Armada Invincible" in various ways. The gathering of the ships themselves, supplies, the crews, and various support personnel was one significant part of the massive undertaking. The development of a tactical plan for the fleet, in respect to the sailing route and to anticipated clashes with the English navy, was itself carefully formulated. Perhaps the most critical element, coordination with the invasion-army, stationed in Flanders and therefore needing to be collected by the fleet sailing from Spain, was also undertaken.

The Spanish Armada was a fleet assembled and dispatched by King Phillip II of Spain in attempt to invade England in 1588. His attempt was unsuccessful. Queen Elizabeth I of England held the defeat of the armada as one of her greatest achievements, assisting the decline of the Spanish Empire. The armada had a mission of both political and religious aims. King Phillip, the leader of the Roman Catholic Spain, was not able to stop a revolt in of his Protestant subjects in the Netherlands, a revolt which began in 1566, aided by Protestant England. By 1586, Phillip had decided that he could not defeat the Dutch until he had defeated England first. Long time religious rivalry between Spain and England was hoped to be resolved by King Phillip in the dethroning of Queen Elizabeth, reconverting England to Catholicism. The plan for conquering had begun. This plan consisted of the coordination of a fleet to sail from Spain and an army from the Netherlands to create a simultaneous invasion of England. His force of 130 ships and more than 30,000 men was to be led by Alonso Peréz Guzmán, duke of Medina- Sidonia. England was aware of the Spanish plans, attacking it at Cádiz, Spain in 1587, succeeding in delaying it for a year. By July of 1588, the armada was spotted off the coast of England on July 29. Lord Charles Howard intercepted it with a larger English fleet near Plymouth, and for the next week made small attacks on the Spanish in battles off of Plymouth, Portland Bill, and the Isle of Wight. Unable to break the Spanish Armada, they waited for their chance at a big blow. The opportunity finally arrived when the armada anchored near Calais, France, hoping to join troops scheduled to sail from the Netherlands. Ingeniously, Howard ordered ships set on fire to be sent against the armada, producing a panic that broke the Spanish formation. In the ensuing battle of Gravelines, on August 8, the Spanish were defeated by England and the armada sailed home with remaining ships that were heavily damaged to Spain; 67 of the original 130 ships reached Spain, most in poor condition.

In no way did Spain overthrow Elizabeth. While the Armada most likely was an attempt, this due to state of war existing between Britain and Spain at the time, it fail utterly, being partly destroyed, and scattered to limp back to Spain.

They were a strong army and could easily invade and take over

With out a doubt the English ships were better made and they were lighter and moved through the water quicker. Spanish ships may have been more elaborate but they were more like clunkers and they did not move as easily through the water. Spanish ships were also easier to sink and they did not have as many weapons and the British ships.

The English did defeat the Spanish Armada. First, Sir Francis Drake sailed into a Spanish harbor and burned many Spanish ships. Secondly, there was a hurricane that blew many Spanish ships off course. Thirdly, the English ships were smaller and they were able to move around the Spanish ships and use their guns effectively.

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The weather was a part of luck. It destroyed a lot of the spanish ships around the Scottish border that they were forced to go around because of the strong winds, and because they had cut their anchors in panic from the fire boats English sent at them.

Its main purpose was to help the Spanish armies on the continent cross over to the English shore. Philip II of Spain wanted to defeat Queen Elizabeth I so that the Protestant country would be open to the Catholic control.

He was her first cousin once removed, I think because it's very complicated.

Three sisters born to Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon are involved.

Juana was Philips' father's mother. Maria was Philips mother's mother. Catherine was Mary's mother.

Things get even worse with his fourth marriage, please don't ask about that ;).

The large Spanish galleons were meant to carry heavy cargo, and even with added sails they were much slower than the ships pursuing them.

The Spanish Armada that sailed againts England in 1588 consisted of:

24 Galleons

4 Galleys

4 Galleasses

85 Armed merchant vessels (mostly Carracks)

34 Light Vessels (mostly Pinace type craft)

The English navy defeated the Spanish Armada because their ships were smaller and lighter than Spain's heavy galleons. The English's navy darted around the Armada firing cannon after cannon until the Spanish finnally gave up and headed home.

On their way home, however, a massive storm hit them and less than half of the fleet made it home alive.

The Spanish Armada was when a huge navy of Spanish ships went over to England and got crushed: by mother nature mostly. It was devestating to the Spanish.

The spanish make a big mistake by sailing to close to the English army which was in Plymouth so had to sail away. Before the Spanish armada could turn back the English army was right on there tail right behind them and the wind was in the wrong direction to turn back so had to continue sailing ahead but the English army kept following them and wouldn't stop so the Spanish Armada couldn't pick up the Spanish army. They sailed and sailed up north until the English had stop chasing them and then the Spanish came across a very huge storm and half the Armada survived and the other half died. The remaning saillors of the Armada sailed back home to Spain.

um that's not right they did try and pick up the other soilders but they wern't ready also much less than half survived

Warships with cannon, and against the anchored Spanish fleet at Calais, fireships. The major differences were that the English had longer range cannon, and could reload three to four times faster than could the Spanish. The latter's technique was to grapple and board, the English to stand off and bombard into submission.

It was the spanish last attepmt at restoring England to Cathloicism...Queen Elizabeth wanted protestanitsm

The Spanish Armada made its disastrous foray against England in late July, 1588.

After being delayed by a 1587 attack on Cadiz by Sir Francis Drake, the armada finally sailed from Lisbon, Portugal on May 28, 1588. It did not reach the English Channel until July 19. The first attacks by the British fleet occurred on July 21 and 23, with two Spanish ships colliding and being abandoned. Unwilling to attack without being able to land its invasion force, the armada docked at Calais in France on July 27. On July 28, British forces made a fireship attack at night, scattering the enemy vessels, who then lost 5 warships in the Battle of Gravelines the following day. Harassed by the British, and unable to pick up the waiting army, the surviving ships looped around Scotland and Ireland to the west, encountering fierce gales that wrecked many more ships.

The Spanish Armada was when a huge navy of Spanishships went over to England and got crushed: by mother nature mostly. It was devestating to the Spanish.

all they really had were grappling hooks, and those could only be used if you were so close to their ships.

they also had cannons but they couldn't be used properly by the soldiers on board