armadas
Naval battle fleets
Armadas is the plural of armada, a fleet of warships.
The word comes from Spanish and is most famously associated with the Spanish Armada, the naval force sent by Spain against England in 1588.
In modern use, armada often appears hyperbolically or figuratively to describe any impressive assembly of ships, aircraft, or vehicles: An armada of fishing boats headed out at dawn.
Vehicles under unified command
- warshipsMilitary combat vessels
- galleonsMulti-decked sailing warships
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
- convoyGuarded traveling group
squadron · vessels · navy · flotilla · maritime · seapower · admirals · cannons
Ancient Macedonian ruler
- EnglandLargest British country
- DrakeAdult male duck
- Elizabeth IFinal Tudor sovereign
- defeatVictory over another
invasion · Catholic · Protestant · storm · English Channel · fireships · Calais · scattered
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
- warshipsMilitary combat vessels
- galleonsMulti-decked sailing warships
- battleshipsHeavily armed naval vessels
convoy · squadron · vessels · navy · flotilla · maritime · seapower · admirals · cannons · sails
Philip II
Ancient Macedonian ruler
- EnglandLargest British country
- DrakeAdult male duck
- Elizabeth IFinal Tudor sovereign
defeat · invasion · Catholic · Protestant · storm · English Channel · fireships · Calais · scattered · disaster
swarm
Mass of moving insects
multitude · onslaught · wave · battalion · army · force · invasion · overwhelming · fleet · procession
- naval historybattleships, naval battles, naval history, admiral, battleship
- Ancient Naval Warfaregalleys, triremes, ramming, boarding, naval battles
- sailing shipsclipper ship, schooner, galleon, brig, brigantine
armadasdinghy
Small auxiliary watercraft
skiff · rowboat · canoe · kayak · small craft
armadasfishing boats
Vessels for catching seafood
merchant vessels · pleasure craft · yacht · tugboat · ferries
- Spanish ArmadaDefeated invasion fleet