And on 28 April 1588, with 130 ships under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia carrying 8,000 sailors and 18,000 soldiers, the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. Don't miss the latest ...

Meanwhile, the Duke of Parma is waiting with barges full of soldiers and horses on the Netherlands ... The most interesting of these is a comparison of a possible Spanish landing in England in ...

This was the Spanish Armada, a fleet of armed ships sailing ... and 140 converted merchant ships. Sailors and soldiers 30,000 men on board the fleet and 20,000 soldiers on land.

This was the Spanish Armada, a fleet of armed ships sailing ... and 140 converted merchant ships. Sailors and soldiers 30,000 men on board the fleet and 20,000 soldiers on land.