200 english ships fought the spanish armada.
200 english ships fought the spanish armada.
how many english ships fought the spanish armada?
200
bullet::::- kilfeather t. p.: "ireland: graveyard of the spanish armada", anvil books ltd, 1967









































bullet::::- knerr, douglas. "through the "golden mist": a brief overview of armada historiography." "american neptune" 1989 49(1): 5–13.









































bullet::::- konstam, angus. "the spanish armada: the great enterprise against england 1588" (2009)









































bullet::::- lewis, michael. "the spanish armada", new york: t.y. crowell co., 1968.









































bullet::::- martin, colin, and geoffrey parker. "the spanish armada" (2nd ed. 2002), 320pp by leading scholars; uses archaeological studies of some of its wrecked ships excerpt and text search
spanish armada
given the spanish advantage in close-quarter fighting, the english ships used their superior speed and maneuverability to keep beyond grappling range and bombarded the spanish ships from a distance with cannon fire. the distance was too great for the maneuver to be effective, and at the end of the first day's fighting neither fleet had lost a ship in action, although the spanish carrack "rosario" and galleon "san salvador" were abandoned after they collided. when night fell, francis drake turned his ship back to loot the abandoned spanish ships, capturing supplies of much-needed gunpowder and gold. drake had been guiding the english fleet by means of a lantern, which he snuffed out to slip away from the spanish ships, causing the rest of his fleet to become scattered and disarrayed by dawn. it took a day for the english fleet to regroup and the armada gained a day's grace. the english ships again used their superior speed and maneuverability to catch up with the spanish fleet after a day of sailing.
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