Like Khubilai Khan’s great invasion fleets of the thirteenth century, the Spanish Armada sent by King Phillip II against England in 1588 is legendary not only for its size and power, but also for its ...

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 ...

A team of explorers and historians may have discovered a mass grave from the time of the Spanish Armada in Co Clare. The San Marcos Project, an initiative to locate sites related to the San Marcos, ...

By Eoin McGarvey A FASCINATING chapter of local and maritime history was brought to life in Seanscoil Mhullach Dubh at the ...

The famed battle of the Spanish Armada in 1588 pitted King Philip II's massive invasion fleet against outnumbered British defenders. Harried and confused by the British, the fleet's return to Spain ...

On Sept. 21, 1588, a savage storm lashed the western coast of Ireland. As the gale intensified, three bulky ships ran aground on the sands of Streedagh Strand, north of Sligo. Part of a formidable ...

Treasures from the Spanish ship, La Juliana, were discovered 425 years after sank off the coast of what is now Streedagh Beach, in Sligo. After over 425 years, treasures including cannons from the ...

The objects recovered from La Trinidad Valencera, one the ships in the Spanish Armada, represent one of the most important maritime heritage collections in Ireland. The ‘Armada Shipwreck ~ La Trinidad ...

This sword, given to the Powell Cotton Museum in 1968, was recovered from the seabed at Tobermory in Scotland. In 1588, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, after the British fleet had put the ...

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 ...