List of ships of the Spanish Armada

The armada that attempted to escort an army from Flanders and integrate the Habsburg Spanish invasion of England in 1588, was divided into ten "squadrons"[1]

List of Squadron Commanders

Ships of the Squadrons

Squadron of Portugal

Twelve ships (total seamen 1,293; total soldiers 3,330);

Squadron of Galleys of Portugal

Four ships under Diego de Medrano (total seamen 362; total rowers 888; no soldiers);

Squadron of Biscay

Fourteen ships (total seamen 863; total soldiers 1,937);

Squadron of Castile

Sixteen ships (total seamen 1,719; total soldiers 2,458);

Squadron of Andalusia

Eleven ships (total seamen 780; total soldiers 2,325);

Squadron of Guipuzcoa

Fourteen ships (total seamen 616; total soldiers 1,992);

Squadron of Levant

Ten Mediterranean merchant-ships embargoed in Sicily and in Lisbon (total seamen 767; total soldiers 2,780);

Squadron of Galleasses of Naples

Four ships;

Squadron of Urcas

Twenty three ships (total seamen 608; total soldiers 3,121);

Squadron of Caravels of Portugal (Round caravels and Lateen caravels)

Squadron of Pataches and Zabras

Twenty two ships (5 to 10 guns) under Don Antonio Hurtado de Mendoza (total seamen 574; total soldiers 479);

Complement of the Fleet

Ship Types

Source[6]

Galleon

Galleon: A heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 16th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish.[7]

Galley

Galley: A ship or boat propelled solely or chiefly by oars:

  1. a long low ship used for war and trading especially in the Mediterranean Sea from the Middle Ages to the 19th century;
  2. also : galleass : a warship of classical antiquity — compare bireme, trireme;
  3. a large open boat (as a gig) formerly used in England.[8]

Galleass

Galleass: A large fast galley used especially as a warship by Mediterranean countries in the 16th and 17th centuries and having both sails and oars but usually propelled chiefly by rowing.[9]

Urca

Zabra

Patache

Pinaza

Caravel

Square-rigged caravel (Round caravel)

Summary of Armada Make Up

Collecting Data/ Under Construction

See also

References

  1. Journal of Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society. No 23 (1990) "The Surrender of an Armada Vessel near Tralee by Brendan G. McCarthy
  2. Discovering Kerry by T.J. Barrington. Backwater Press, 1976. ISBN 0-905471-00-8
  3. 1 2 3 Irlanda halla los restos de uno de los navíos de la Armada Invencible, El País.
  4. Resumen del Historial de los navíos portugueses que participaron en la jornada de Inglaterra en 1588, José I. González-Aller Hierro Contra Almirante (r) - Instituto de Historia e Cultura naval - Armada Española (2012)
  5. The Spanish Armada, BritishBattles.com
  6. Complete List of Sailing Vessels
  7. Galleon, Mirriam-Webster on-line Dictionary
  8. Galley, Mirriam-Webster on-line Dictionary
  9. Galleass, Mirriam-Webster on-line Dictionary
  10. The Spanish Armada by R. Whiting

Bibliography

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