What year did the Spanish Armada occur?

A giant Spanish invasion fleet was completed by 1587, but Sir Francis Drake's daring raid on the Armada's supplies in the port of Cadiz delayed the Armada's departure until May 1588. On May .... Lee's father, a doctor, moved to the United States to finish his training and brought his family over when Chang-Rae was three. read more

The Spanish Armada (Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from A Coruña in late May 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia, with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England. read more

The preparation of the Armada, which began more or less from scratch early in 1586, took over two years. Credit for the delay has been given to Drake's Raid on Cadiz in April 1587 and the subsequent pursuit of his fleet, but even without this diversion it is doubtful whether the Armada would have been ready to sail by the summer of 1587. read more

Delayed by storms, the Armada did not reach the southern coast of England until late July. By that time the British were ready. On July 21, the outnumbered English navy began bombarding the seven-mile-long line of Spanish ships from a safe distance, taking full advantage of their superior long-range guns. read more