La armada invincible angus konstam

  • Praeger Illustrated Military History Ser.: Armada Campaign The Great Enterprise Against England by Angus Konstam (, Hardcover) ; Condition: Brand New.
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  • The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May , commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat.

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    The Spanish Armada (Spanish language: Grande y Felicísima Armada or Armada Invencible , literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or "Invincible Fleet") was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England in The Armada suffered a decisive defeat and accomplished nothing.[10][11] As Martin and Parker explain, "Philip II attempted to invade England, but his plans miscarried, partly because of his own mismanagement, and partly because the defensive efforts of the English and their Dutch allies prevailed."[12] Much of the blame has been borne by its commander the Duke of Medina Sidonia. The goal had been to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I of England and end her involvement in the Spanish Netherlands and her privateering in the Atlantic and Pacific.

    Despite detailed planning, matters went awry from the first. After choosing not to attack the English fleet at Plymouth and failing to establish a temporary anchorage in the Solent, where one Spanish ship was c

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    List of ships of the Spanish Armada

    The Spanish Armada was the fleet that attempted to escort an army from Flanders as a part the Habsburg Spanish invasion of England in , was divided into ten "squadrons" (escuadras)[1] The twenty galleons in the Squadrons of Portugal and of Castile, together with one more galleon in the eskader of Andalucia and the four galleasses from Naples, constituted the only purpose-built warships (apart from the four galleys, which proved ineffective in the Atlantic waters and soon departed for safety in French ports); the rest of the Armada comprised armed merchantmen (mostly naos/carracks) and various ancillary vessels including urcas (storeships, termed "hulks"), zabras and pataches, pinnaces, and (not included in the formal count) caravels. The division into squadrons was for administrative purposes only; upon sailing, the Armada could not keep to a formal beställning, and most ships sailed independently from the rest of their squadron. Ea

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    Gloire class ironclads ()

    Career of the Gloire class Ironclads

    Gloire ()


    Gloire was laid down at Arsenal de Toulon on May 5, , she was launched on 24 November and completed on august A bit like the Warrior class, all three sisters had very uneventful lives, kept as a &#;master ace&#; for a few years, but their mixed construction and stability issues did not fare well. La Gloire was never engaged in any naval combat, even during the Franco-Prussian War of She was rearmed, yet still, Overtaken fairly quickly technical progress and central battery ironclads, then turreted ones about ten years after she was laid down. She was base din the Mediterranean with her sisters in Toulon for more of her service until stricken in , scrapped in Despite she was rearmed in an inspection revealed her wooden hull already deteroriated badly and by she was placed in reserve already. Her sister ship &#;La Couronne&#; was the first French ironclad entirely built in iron, and like the Warrior cla