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The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, lit. 'Great and Most Fortunate Navy') was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia , an aristocrat without previous naval experience ...
13 mag 2024 · Spanish Armada, the great fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England in conjunction with a Spanish army from Flanders. England’s attempts to repel this fleet involved the first naval battles to be fought entirely with heavy guns, and the failure of Spain’s enterprise saved England and the Netherlands from ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
L'Invincibile Armata (in spagnolo: Armada Invencible, reale denominazione: Grande y Felicisima Armada) fu la flotta composta da 130 unità (di cui 65 galeoni e 4 galere, benché quest'ultime rimasero a Lisbona, non prendendo parte alla spedizione) e 29.664 uomini approntata dal re di Spagna Filippo II nel 1587 per contrastare la ...
2 mag 2018 · The Spanish Armada was an enormous 130-ship naval fleet dispatched by Spain in 1588 as part of a planned invasion of England. Following years of hostilities between Spain and England, King...
28 mag 2020 · The 1588 Spanish Armada was a fleet of 132 ships assembled by King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556-1598) to invade England, his 'Enterprise of England'.
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The Armada, commanded by the duke of Medina-Sidonia, consisted of about 130 ships. In the weeklong battle, the Spanish suffered defeat after the English launched fire ships into the Spanish fleet, breaking the ships’ formation and making them susceptible to the English ships’ heavy guns.
17 apr 2023 · Test. What happened during the Spanish Armada? The Armada leaves Lisbon on 28 May 1588. It’s delayed by storms and repairs, and finally sets sail for England on 21 July. The Armada is...
