On August 9, 1780, Spain caused the worst debacle ever experienced by the Royal Navy. Rafael Torres analyzes in his latest book how 80 years of training led the Armada to reign at sea. The coordinates ...

AN officer of the American navy has lately aroused widespread interest in the influence of sea power upon history. For England the subject has a very special significance. Supremacy at sea is the only ...

Launched in 1588, 'la felicissima armada', or 'the most fortunate fleet', was made up of roughly 150 ships and 18,000 men. At ...

In the Western consciousness, there are two main narratives of Spain’s attempted invasion of England in 1588. The first and most dominant in the Anglophone world can be characterized as the Protestant ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A set of 10 hand-drawn, 16th century maps showing the progress of the Spanish Armada that attacked England in 1588, an event that shaped national identity, will remain in the ...

Readers who want a fast-paced account of how Elizabeth’s navy, led by such captains as Drake, Howard, and Frobisher, managed to defeat the Spanish Armada in battles fought in the English Channel, ...

Ask most people in the country what the Spanish Armada was, and they would probably be able to tell you just three things. First, the Armada consisted of a lot of ships from Spain that wanted to ...

A U.S. Navy Skyhawk darted above the calm waters off Spain’s Mazagón beach, its lights flashing in the early dawn. On that cue, 84 U.S. Navy ships, ten U.S. merchant ships and 14 small Spanish vessels ...

Let's say this for Catholic Spain's King Phillip II, the man who in 1588 sent the Spanish Armada against the English: He had a devout Catholic's faith in divine providence. So sure was he of God's ...