spanish armada

• britains victory

  weather, ships, captain
• spanish captain : medina sidonia


  not a sailor
• british captain : howard


  second in command : drake
• spanish ships


  floating castles

  crescent formation
• british ships


  lightweight

  lower to the sea

  lanteen sail —> triangle shape

  line of battle formation
• spanish cannons


  land
• british cannons


  naval
• spanish fighting tactic


  fight onboard
• british fighting tactic


  distance fighting
• spanish pick up 30,000 troops from france
• drake sends fire ships to break up crescent formation
• spanish ship material

  wood , filled with gunpowder
• british only stop when they run out of ammunition
• protestant wind


  superior

  elizabeth believed god helped them
• p1

  technology& tactics
• p2


  weather& graveline