What caused the armada to fail

1. I sent you to fight with
men, and not the weather.
The English ships were
better built and easier to
manoeuvre. They were
much better equipped.
God blew his wind, and
they were scattered.
Did Philip plan carefully
enough? Some suggest
his plan was certain to fail!
The Spanish fleet was
defeated for the first time…
Not by men, nor by ships...
only against the hurricanes
and gales did we lose.
Elizabeth made clever use
of what we would now call
propaganda. She made a
public appearance with her
troops which made them
confident.
The English filled 80 ships
with flammable material
and set fire to them. They
were carried, by the strong
winds, out to sea towards
the Spanish who panicked
and scattered.
Once the armada scattered,
they were no longer in their
strong crescent formation,
and so they were an easy
target for the English
artillery.
The Spanish tried to sail
close to the English ships
so their soldiers could
board them and fight! But
the English ships were too
quick for them and could
easily keep their distance.
The Spanish got caught in
a terrible storm. Strong
winds and rain forced
many Spanish ships onto
the coast of Ireland, so
they could not make it
home.
Lots of Spanish ships were
sunk by the fire of the
English guns.
Philip had made a plan that
he ordered the Spanish to
follow. They could not
make use of any
advantages and had to do
what he said no matter
what.
The English had an
experienced and strong
navy whilst the Spanish
were better fighting on
land.
The Spanish set sail
without enough sailors.
Philip’s plan to stop and
collect more troops from
France left the Armada
vulnerable to attack.
The Spanish fleet was too
large, so there was no port
big enough for them to
anchor in.
The English had excellent
cannons, but they only
worked when the Spanish
ships were close by.Once the Spanish were
forced north, they had no
choice but to continue on
round Scotland, because
the English would have
been waiting for them if
they had gone back they
way they had come.
Francis Drake, the
commander of the British
Fleet, had a good
knowledge of the weather
and told the British to let
Spanish sail into the storm
as that would finish them
off.
Philip was said to be too
proud and arrogant, and he
refused to listen to anyone
else’s advice.