The Incredible Armada |
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ahead anchor Ark Royal Armada sailed ashore battle by boarding Baye Bernardino de Mendoza Buckland Abbey Burghley Calais Captain Channel circumnavigation coast coastline command Cornwall counter-Reformation crews dared defeat defence deputy lieutenants Devon Diego Flores Don Pedro Drake's ship Duke of Parma Dunkirk Elizabethan empire enemy England English fleet English ships Escorial execution of Mary fight fire fireships Flemyng flyboats Frobisher galleass galleons Giambelli Golden Hind half-moon formation held at Buckland Howard's flagship INCREDIBLE ARMADA invasion Isle July King Philip land later letter Lord Admiral Lord Howard Medina Sidonia morning navy night Pedro de Valdes Philip of Spain pinnace Plymouth powder Queen of Scots realized Revenge Rosario sailors San Martin San Salvador Santa Cruz seamen Seymour shot Sir Francis Drake Sir John Hawkyns South East England Spanish Armada Spanish fleet Spanish ships squadron Sunday Thomas Triumph Valois vessels victory voyage waiting watch White Bear Wight wind wrote