Battlefield Britain - Spanish Armada

[Crag_r]

Another interesting video of some earlier Naval combat.

[IotaOmicron]

cool vid +1

[Jumarka]

Awesome.

 

Man the British have been reaaaally lucky sometimes.

[mr3awsome]

You could say that about the USN too.

[Crag_r]

mr3awsome, on 13 October 2012 - 12:17 PM, said:

You could say that about the USN too.

haha You could also say it about many of the Worlds Navies at certain points in time, but also allot of unluckiness as well...

[sharlin648]

Read the book Confident hope of a Miracle, its about the armada and is darn well written, it really does show that although the British didn't sink many Spaniards, it really was a curb stomp. The Spanish were outgunned, out manouvered and out fought for the entire running battle up the channel.

[brian333]

What is commonly forgotten, and barely hinted at in this excellent production, is that Drake was a pirate and a protege of John Hawkins, whose raids and 'commercial activities' in Africa and the Carribean were legendary. Hawkin's subsequent re-design of the Royal Navy, dealing with everything from hull design to logistics support, actualy created the force that would face the Armada, and his tactical expertise earned in his piratical activities paid dividends as Drake used them against the Spanish.

[Spanisharmada]

^^^

 

I got crushed by drake :(

[Crag_r]

Spanisharmada, on 04 January 2013 - 02:56 AM, said:

^^^

I got crushed by drake :(

Learned your lesson?  :Smile_trollface: