Spanish Armada Research Paper
Brian
Mr. D
Honors World History
8 November, 2012
The Battle of 1588: The Spanish Armada
The downfall of the armada began before the ships even set sailed and concluded when Over half the crew had been wrecked. The Reason for the Armadas failure is because of Poor Planning in Spain prior to the Spanish Armada setting sail, Medina Sidonia poorly leading his troops, and the changing weather and strong navy force from the british. Chances of the Spanish winning could have increased immensely if only they had been smarter with their planning and not so one track minded with taking down the English and turning them into catholics.
When the spanish we’re in the early stages of planning the attack on the british, they realised an invasion …show more content…
Sir Francis Drake gets most of the credit for the English’s victory over Spain for he had cunning idea after cunning idea up his sleeve and a drive to take down the spanish regardless of the conditions.(Assignment 16) The english, aside from drakes great leadership skills as a navy commander, had well built ships and good weaponry. Many sources state that the English ships were small and could maneuver around the spanish ships but in recent modern research studies and evidence shows that the English ships were in fact much larger than the biggest of Spanish ships. What the british had that kept them ahead was their firing range and cunning tactics. The British had to be smart to win the battle. Their cannons could fire from a range that the Spanish ships couldn’t fire back at.(bbc) The English also had better trained gunmen who could reload cannons much faster than the spanish could. Infact, the English were so skilled in the art of reloading cannons that they ran out of ammo multiple times.(Bezzer) Their ship placement was crucial to the victory, and the English had a way of going about attacking the Spanish so that they would creep up on them from odd angles, shoot a bunch of cannon balls at them, then sail away as fast as they could before the Spanish could fire back. This didn’t do much damage to the spanish ships but it did damage to the gunmen on their ships and the rest of their crew, leaving the ships with little to no use.(Assignment 14) Thus, the Spanish gave up after the loss of a couple ships at the battle of Gravelines and sailed up the channel, around Scotland and Ireland, with only about half of the ships making it through the treacherous sea conditions and the stormy weather
Mr. D
Honors World History
8 November, 2012
The Battle of 1588: The Spanish Armada
The downfall of the armada began before the ships even set sailed and concluded when Over half the crew had been wrecked. The Reason for the Armadas failure is because of Poor Planning in Spain prior to the Spanish Armada setting sail, Medina Sidonia poorly leading his troops, and the changing weather and strong navy force from the british. Chances of the Spanish winning could have increased immensely if only they had been smarter with their planning and not so one track minded with taking down the English and turning them into catholics.
When the spanish we’re in the early stages of planning the attack on the british, they realised an invasion …show more content…
Sir Francis Drake gets most of the credit for the English’s victory over Spain for he had cunning idea after cunning idea up his sleeve and a drive to take down the spanish regardless of the conditions.(Assignment 16) The english, aside from drakes great leadership skills as a navy commander, had well built ships and good weaponry. Many sources state that the English ships were small and could maneuver around the spanish ships but in recent modern research studies and evidence shows that the English ships were in fact much larger than the biggest of Spanish ships. What the british had that kept them ahead was their firing range and cunning tactics. The British had to be smart to win the battle. Their cannons could fire from a range that the Spanish ships couldn’t fire back at.(bbc) The English also had better trained gunmen who could reload cannons much faster than the spanish could. Infact, the English were so skilled in the art of reloading cannons that they ran out of ammo multiple times.(Bezzer) Their ship placement was crucial to the victory, and the English had a way of going about attacking the Spanish so that they would creep up on them from odd angles, shoot a bunch of cannon balls at them, then sail away as fast as they could before the Spanish could fire back. This didn’t do much damage to the spanish ships but it did damage to the gunmen on their ships and the rest of their crew, leaving the ships with little to no use.(Assignment 14) Thus, the Spanish gave up after the loss of a couple ships at the battle of Gravelines and sailed up the channel, around Scotland and Ireland, with only about half of the ships making it through the treacherous sea conditions and the stormy weather