How was the Armada defeated?
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- How was the Armada defeated?
- English Tactics
- The fireships broke the formation of the fleet and made individual ships vulnerable to attack
- The bombardment by the English cannons made regrouping impossible
- The English had faster ships and more experienced and skilled commanders
- Spanish mistakes
- Spanish ships were designed for the Mediterranean and couldn't cope with the harsh conditions of the English channel and the North Sea
- They were delayed in the Netherlands because the soldiers were not ready to board
- Their weapons were mostly for land (as they thought they would get there) leaving them almost defenceless.
- They had also brought many of the wrong cannon balls
- The appointed commander of the Armada was the highly experienced Álvaro de Bazán, Marquis of Santa Cruz, but he died in February 1588, and the Duke of Medina Sidonia, a high-born courtier, took his place leaving them with an inexperienced leader
- The weather
- Storms caused great destruction to the Spanish fleet
- The storms delayed their return to Spain, meaning that their food and water went off/ran out. Many became too sick to sail
- English Tactics
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