After what the Heritage Lottery Fund has described as one of the most successful funding campaigns ever, one of three versions of the 1590 “Armada portrait” has been acquired by the Art Fund for ...

The Spanish Armada by Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker (London 1998, 2nd edition Manchester 1999) Armada 1588-1988 by M.J. Rodríguez-Salgado et al., (London, 1998) ...

After Elizabeth’s famous speech to her men, he sailed “fireships” into the Armada’s midst. These were obsolete ships deliberately torched in the hope of setting light to the Spanish galleons.

QUEEN ELIZABETH I's reputation as Britain's 'warrior queen' gained momentum after she delivered her most famous ... with her greatest moment thought to be the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

♪♪ -Elizabeth's navy of commandeered ships stalked the Armada up the English Channel for eight days. But as the Spanish reached Calais, there was still no sign of their 26,000 invasion troops ...

Elizabeth sent Drake on a counter-Armada expedition in April, 1589, that, because of poor preparations, bad strategy and ineffective leadership, cost the English at least 10,000 lives and achieved ...

Elizabeth I’s ring to be auctioned for £70,000 A GOLD ring given by Elizabeth I to one of her naval commanders after the defeat of the Spanish Armada has emerged for sale for £70,000.

Part of a formidable “Armada” sent by King Philip II of Spain to conquer the kingdom of his archenemy, Queen Elizabeth I of England, the armed merchantmen had already made a remarkable odyssey.

The Spanish Armada posed an existential threat to Elizabeth Tudor’s reign and had been feared for decades. But when the Spanish launched the actual invasion, delivery from the threat seemed ...

The Spanish Armada posed an existential threat to Elizabeth Tudor’s reign and had been feared for decades. But when the Spanish launched the actual invasion, delivery from the threat seemed ...