Spanish Armada Flashcards
English see Armada-English ships chase Spanish up the channel
19 July 1588
Armada sets sail
12 July 1588
Armada anchors off Calais- English send burning fire ships and Spanish panic
27 July 1588
English ships attack the Spanish near grave lines as the Spanish sailed off from Calais and stacked the shoulders waiting in the Netherlands were abandoned
28th July 1588
Armada tries to sail bck to Spain by going north around Scotland
30 July 1588
What happened in August 1588
Fierce storms off Scotland and the west coast of Ireland wreak many Spanish ships
What happened in September 1588
Only 2/3 of the Spanish ships made it back to Spain
Why did the Spanish Armada set sail
Elizabeth executed Mary queen of scots, Mary was meant to be queen of England , England was on Hollands side when Spanish were attacking Spain was the most powerful country who owed a lot of riches England wanted some so Spanish thought they were interfering
What did Philip 11 blame the defeat of the armada on the
Weather
How did the get armada defeated
The English sacrificed 8 fire ships and planted them with flammable material then set them on fire and headed towards the armada
When the English fired at the armada the Spanish technique was to get close enough to grappling hook into English ships and battle people on board this is why the Spanish tried to get closer
Spanish soliders were slain because some ships sunk and drowned or English cannons were powerful so it sent splinters of wood the size of daggers at soliders
How did the weather effect the defeat
It was too strong for the armada to fight by the time the bad weather hit the Spanish half the soliders were either dead or badly injured this meant they were to weak to fight and had no resoureces
How did the design of the English ships affect the defeat
English ships were sleek and narrow meaning they would go faster
How did the experience affect the defeat
Spanish had an inexperienced leader who even complained he had sea sick they also didn’t have trained troops to use cannons they only fired once an hour
Famous ship sunk near by
La girona sunk 26 October 1588 at lacada point
