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The English Fleet's victory over the Spanish Armada was not due to luck because the Spanish were in debt, the fleet was much larger than the armada, and the English boating technology was far more advanced.

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Supply was low: Doc G, D
English fleet was large: Doc F, B
English Technology was advanced: Doc. A, H

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Source: Extract from a letter from the Privy Council to Sir Owen Hopton, Lieutenant of the Tower of London, 26 July 1588.
Analysis: In this document, Sir Owen Hopton, who claims to be a master shipbuilder, tells of a discrepancy in the Spanish armada. The spanish were apparently low on supplies due to debt, which would lead to the idea that the defeat of the armada was lucky for the english because the spanish messed up.

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Source: A excerpt from one of Queen Elizabeth I's speeches.
Analysis: This document shows queen Elizabeth rallying her men to defend against the English. She did this without knowing the exact timing of the arrival of the Spanish, and it was just in time. This makes the defeat of the Spanish armada seem lucky.

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Source: A picture from a book published shortly after queen Elizabeth I died.
Analysis: This document, being pro-English, shows that the Spanish armada didn't have the numbers to keep up with the British fleet, leading to the conclusion that the British fleet defeated the Spanish not by strength or luck, but by size. The single Spanish ship is being pummeled in the middle.

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This is a group of maps that show how the Spanish had to either go up through the English channel exposing them very badly or travel around the islands and have to pack more food and water and where still able to get attacked by the English. This could be an example of luck or a bad set up for the Spanish.

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This document goes into how big the English navy was and how they where able to attack the Spanish very well and how well they used cannons. This was written by a historian, teacher and scholar named William Camden's who was English and under the reign of Elizabeth.

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This goes into the size of the English fleet and how the Spanish did run out of water and supplies causing them to retreat back to Spain after being followed by the English troops. This can be a part of the luck factor seen happening. This was a source from a letter written by the captain of a fleet of ships named Sir Thomas Fenner

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This document is based on the woodcut of the ark royal and is all about how the English navy had the new technology in ships and where able to maneuver their ships quicker and could shoot cannons straight down the ships broadside.

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Source: 'The Second Rolle of the Kynges Galliasses'. 1546. A picture of a ship called the swallowe.
Analysis: This ship pictured was very advanced technologically, as it used modern techniques of firing cannons rather than hand to hand combat. this leads to the conclusion that the Spanish armada defeat was by skill, as this particular ship had the skill to win in battle.

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Why did the English fleet defeat the Spanish Armada?

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Why did the English fleet defeat the Spanish Armada?

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-The Spanish and English where not threats to each other until the Spanish invaded the Netherlands
-The Spanish decided to try and attack England
-They built this huge boat called the Armada
-The problem was that they did not own any non shallow ports and made them an easy target to get hit by a fast and well built English boat.