Sink me the ship, master gunner!by BigJules |
On this day in 1591, The Battle of Flores began, a naval engagement of the Anglo-Spanish War. It was fought off the Island of Flores, one of the Azores, islands set in the Atlantic 850 miles west of Portugal.
Facing each other were an English fleet of 22 ships under Lord Thomas Howard and a Spanish fleet of 53 ships.
One particular incident would go down in history and be inspiration for one of the English language’s greatest poets.