The entrance to the Chatham Dockyards, Kent. It was in these dockyards that Hawkins worked tirelessly for more than a decade to perfect the design of the race built galleon and to have the royal fleet converted to the new style of ships.
another picture from "The Spanish Armada" by Rupert Matthews.
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Book Description
In this, the fourth book of Spellmount's "Campaign in
Context" series, Rupert Matthews looks to the ill-fated invasion of
England by King Philip II of Spain. The Armada of 22 warships and 108
converted merchant vessels sailed under the command of the Duke of
Medina Sidonia in 1588, but found itself harried by storms, fireships,
and the redoubtable English fleet. In "The Spanish Armada", Rupert
Matthews considers the characters of the commanders such as Francis
Drake, Medina, and the opposing monarchs, and as with his previous
titles in the series he carefully balances the evidence from textual
sources with knowledge of the theatre and reconstructed weaponry in
order to explain the events of the battle to the general reader, and the
context in which it took place.
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