Shipwrecks - A History of the Spanish Armada

The spanish armada was forced to return home after a series of storms sunk their ships. Of the hundred and eight major combatant ships, out of the hundred and 29, 58 returned to spain. Those who survived the shipwrecks were killed by the english or the irish - 750 survivors in ireland. Within months of the victory, elizabethpt spent a total of a hundred n 67 thousand s on fighting the campaign. The amount of bad feeling this caused was such that when they had their victory celebrations at saint paul's cathedral afterwards, there was some concern n whether the procession would be attacked By discontented soldiers and sailors.