Ten Mediterranean merchant carracks naos embargoed in Sicily and in Lisbon total seamen total soldiers 2. Eleven ships comprising nine naosone galleon and one patache total seamen total soldiers 2. Their armament consisted on six forward-firing heavy cannon in the bows and four similar guns rear-firing in the stern they also had 20 smaller guns 4- to pounders mounted in the fore and stern castles, and 20 swivel-mounted light guns on the raised catwalks above the rowers' benches.įourteen ships comprising ten naos and four pataches total seamen total soldiers 1. Each had 28 oars on each side, but relied on a square-rigged sailing arrangement installed for the campaign, as they were slow under oars alone. These powerfully-armed vessels were built for the Neapolitan Navy probably in Sicily a decade earlier. Sixteen ships comprising ten galleons, four armed merchant carracks naos and two pataches total seamen 1, total soldiers 2, seven of the galleons were build as a class at Guarnizo in - Four ships galleasses the flagship capitana of Don Hugo de Moncada was the San Lorenzo when she was captured by the French at Calais after a hard fight with the English, Moncada died from a bullet wound.
Twelve ships comprising ten galleons and two zabras total seamen 1, total soldiers 3. These commanders did not necessarily sail in the capitana flagship of the squadron of which they were technically in command. The numbers of sailors and soldiers mentioned below are as given in the same survey and thus also relate to this date.
This list is compiled by a survey drawn up by Medina Sidonia on the Armada's departure from Lisbon on 9 May and sent to Felipe II it was then published and quickly became available to the English. Each squadron was led by a flagship capitana and a "vice-flagship" almiranta. The division into squadrons was for administrative purposes only upon sailing, the Armada could not keep to a formal order, and most ships sailed independently from the rest of their squadron.
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