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The Navy |
1514 |
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- Before Henry
VIII there was not really a navy.
- Henry VIII
spent money (much of it from the dissolution of the monasteries)
on his army and new ships for the navy.
- The most expensive ship was the warship
the 'Great Harry'. It was launched in 1514 and she was the biggest
warship in the world.
- The Great Harry had four masts, gold
coloured sails for special state occasions.
- There was a crew of 700 men.
- She had 21 bronze cannons.
- She was destroyed in 1553 on the River
Thames when a fire broke out on board.
- When Spain sent its Armada
against England the Navy was very strong and experienced.
- The English fleet against the Armada
was made up of 197 ships.
- Lord
Howard was in charge of the Navy and Sir
Francis Drake, Sir John Hawkins
and Sir Martin Frobisher
were his leading captains.
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