![]() In County Sligo, where three ships of fleet sunk off the coast in a treacherous gale on September 25, 1588, a recent exciting discovery has confirmed their existence. By the time some of the fleet’s ships were wrecked off the coast of Ireland provisions were low and the crew was weak with sickness, malnutrition and exhaustion. ![]() Food which was kept in unseasoned casks at sea in summer was open to decay, filth, weevils, maggots and waterlogging. ![]() Inclement weather hampered progress and commanding officer of the entire fleet, Sidonia, although an outstanding general, had never been to sea before and spent much of voyage seasick.Īnother possible contributor to Spanish failure is that English ships were better made. From the outset, the fleet was beleaguered with misfortune. Philip’s Spanish Armada was unsuccessful. In Dublin, Elizabeth’s government issued dire warnings about how Spanish were to be dealt with, along with any Irish who attempted to aid them immediate death. Read more: Historians find possible mass grave of Spanish Armada victims in Co. The scattered ships of Armada began to be seen off the west coast of Ireland in September 1588. However, violent storms meant some ships detached from the fleet and crashed along Irish coastlines. When ammunition stocks were almost exhausted and the wind changed drastically, Sidonia ordered the fleet to sail north around Scotland, and along the coast of Ireland. The English fleet, however, remained virtually unscathed.
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