Tag: The Battle of Flores

01 Painting – Marine Art, Sir Frank Brangwyn’s THE LAST FIGHT OF THE REVENGE, with Footnotes

Aug 20, 2022

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Zaidan Art Blog

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The Battle of Flores was a naval engagement of the Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 fought off the Island of Flores between an English fleet of 22 ships under Lord Thomas Howard and a Spanish fleet of 53 ships under Alonso de Bazán. Sent to the Azores to capture the annual Spanish treasure convoy, when a stronger…