Can someone give e three facts on the Spanish armada!?
The spanish set sail from spain in july 1588 They wanted to overthrow Protestant England At the time spain controlled the spanish netherlands Spain used a religious secret police called the Inquisition to hunt out Protestants. The organisation to get the Armada ready was huge. Cannons, guns, gunpowder, swords and many other weapons of war were needed and Spain bought them from whoever would sell to them. A number of merchant ships had to be converted to be naval ships but the Armada (or the “Great Enterprise” as Philip called it) also contained ships that simply carried things rather than fought at sea. These ships carried amongst other items: 11 million pounds (in weight) of ships biscuits 11,000 pairs of sandals 40,000 gallons of olive oil 5,000 pairs of shoes 14,000 barrels of wine 180 priests 600,000 pounds of salted pork 728 servants The Armada sailed on July 19th 1588. The fleet of 130 ships – including 22 fighting galleons – sailed in a crescent shape well there The Spanish Arma
