| The ships were two of the 20-24 Spanish Armada ships that were wrecked off the Irish coastline out of a total fleet of 130 ships. |
| This stretch of narrow road features a number of lay-bys and parking spots, including one at the site of the Spanish Armada memorial. |
| The superior firepower provided by bronze cannonry proved crucial in the English navy's victory in 1588 over the much larger Spanish Armada. |
| A year later, secure in the north, Gloriana's licensed pirates in their gun-crammed galleons, aided by a storm, saw off the Spanish Armada. |
| Fleeing with other demoralized shreds of the Spanish Armada, the galley had sailed up the eastern coast of England, driven on ahead of the English fleet by gales and storms. |
| The bilboes are still shown in the Tower of London, among the other spoils of the Spanish Armada. |
