Support The Spanish overestimated the level of support there would be in England for Spanish control and a return to Roman Catholicism. Weather The lack of a secure port where the Spanish could ...

When Queen Mary I died, and with her England's brief and bloody restoration ... carrying 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. Don't miss the latest ...

This, combined with the other factors such as English piracy, led to Philip finally deciding to invade England, by means of the Spanish Armada. Philip’s plans for the invasion of England were ...

From the tragic optimism of World War I's Gallipoli Campaign, orchestrated by figures like Winston Churchill, to the ...

In the summer of 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail for England after decades of hostility between Spain's Catholic King Philip II and the Protestant Queen Elizabeth I. It is regarded as one of the ...

El Gran Grifón was the flagship of the Spanish Armada’s supply squadron of German-built Baltic hulks. The 650-ton, 38-gun ...

The Spanish Armada galleon sank in 1588, taken by rough seas off Kinnagoe Bay, in County Donegal. As Dr Martin watched, he "quickly realised this was a site of huge importance". "Four bronze guns ...