And there, in the north, the death knell was dealt to Spanish plans: not by Drake, Elizabeth I or brave English sailors – but by bad weather. Philip answered launching the third Spanish Armada under Juan del guila to invade England once for all, but although this time they managed to actually. So when Elizabeth uttered her famous words at Tilbury, what was left of the Armada was on its way home, running up around Scotland and Ireland to get back to Spain. It is also one of the biggest achievements of England. These burning vessels caused the Spanish to panic, with further crashes and losses. The defeat of the Spanish Armada has long been seen as one of the biggest naval attacks in world history.
However, a minimum of 50 Armada ships (probably as many as 64) were lost through accident or during the Atlantic storms that scattered the fleet en route to England and as it limped, badly battered, back to northern Spain. Eleven days earlier, English fireships had attacked the Spanish fleet while it was waiting off France for its rendezvous with Parma’s army. Only six Spanish ships out of the 129 that sailed against England were destroyed as a direct result of naval combat.
The Armada suffered a decisive defeat and accomplished nothing.
Yet by the time she did so, the Armada were already staring defeat in the face. Navy or Invincible Fleet) was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England in 1588. Elizabeth had come up with the plan to address the troops while the Spanish were still in the Channel. The idea that Elizabeth, Drake and underdog pluck defeated a practically invincible Armada is now firmly established at the heart of England’s conception of itselfīut this involves a tweaking to the timing of events for dramatic effect.
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