Sir Francis Drake Sets Sails from Plymouth for Spain – 2 April 1587

On this day in history, 2nd April 1587, Sir Francis Drake sailed out of Plymouth bound for Spain, where he destroyed 37 Spanish ships moored at Corunna (A Coruña) and Cadiz, ships that were being prepared for an attack on England

You can read more about Sir Francis Drake in my Sir Francis Drake article and you can read more about The Spanish Armada in the following articles:-

• The Spanish Armada 1: The Assembling of the Troops at Tilbury
• The Spanish Armada 2: Leicester Invites Elizabeth to Tilbury
• The Spanish Armada 3: The Hell-burners
• The Spanish Armada 4: The Battle of Gravelines
• The Spanish Armada 5: The Protestant Wind
• The Spanish Armada 6: The Spanish Fleet Homeward Bound
• The Spanish Armada 7: Elizabeth I Visits Tilbury
• The Spanish Armada 8: Elizabeth’s Tilbury Speech
• The Spanish Armada 9: God Blew and They Were Scattered

Related posts:

Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard – April 1587 – The Spanish Armada Sir Francis Drake Sets Off on his Circumnavigation – 13 December 1577 Sir Francis Drake The Spanish Armada 5 – The Protestant Wind The Spanish Armada 4: The Battle of Gravelines The Spanish Armada 7 – Elizabeth I Visits Tilbury The Spanish Armada 3: The Hell-burners Spanish Armada 9 – God Blew and They Were Scattered The Spanish Armada 1: The Assembling of Troops at Tilbury Fort On This Day in History – Sir Francis Drake Knighted and the Birth of William Strachey The Spanish Armada 6 – The Spanish Fleet Homeward Bound Death of Sir Francis Walsingham – 6 April 1590