The English Armada (also known as the Counter Armada) was a fleet of warships sent to the Iberian coast by Queen Elizabeth I in 1589, during the Anglo-Spanish War(1585–1604) in an attempt to drive home the advantage won upon the defeat and dispersal of the Spanish Armada in the previous year.
The expedition was led by Sir Francis Drake as admiral and Sir John Norreys as general, and is also referred to as The Drake-Norris Expedition, 1589.
- Was a complete failure
- Over ambitious
- In the spanish Armada most of the ships that where lost where armed merchant ships not the main gallery fleet
- Expedition was floated as a joint stock company, with capital of about £80,000 (1 qtr from the queen, 1/8 from the dutch and rest from private hands)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Armada
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The English Armada
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