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The English navy inflicted a narrow defeat on the Armada, but it was the Irish coast that encompassed its downfall.'Heed that coast!'The Duke of Medina Sidonia wanted only to guide La Felissima Armada home safely. In the North Sea he issued sailing instructions, which, if they had been followed, would have given the Armada a safety margin of at least 300 miles. He particularly ordered them to'...take great heed lest you fall upon the island of Ireland for fear of the harm that may happen unto you upon that coast.'They were in no doubt that Ireland was to be avoided. His words proved to be more than a warning: they were a prophecy, which was inexorably fulfilled. A siren of alluring beauty, the Irish coast also conceals deadly danger. Destiny was to conspire to transform it into an instrument of terrible destruction and tragic loss of life. In the Atlantic the Armada encountered continuous southerly winds and unknown ocean currents. It was two centuries before it became possible to calculate longitude at sea, and they were unaware that they had not sailed far enough westwards to give themselves the prescribed safety margin. They became separated and lost, and when they at last turne

Author

Ken Douglas

Publisher

Gill Books

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780717148127

Subjects

History, Humanities