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The last Action in the EngHsh Channel against the 



Armada, ....... 224 



From Adams' Chart No. 10. This shows the final battle 

 off Gravelines on 29th July. The galliasse of Hugo 

 de Moncada is shown ashore at Calais * assaulted by 

 divers English pinasses, hoys and drumblers,' with 

 the larger English vessels standing by to support 

 them. The squadron in mid-channel probably re- 

 presents Howard rejoining the main fleet with his 

 pinnaces after the galliasse was abandoned (Corbett, 

 Drake and the Tudor Navy, Vol. I., p. 272). 



Relics from the Spanish Armada, . . . .232 



These interesting relics of the Spanish Armada were 

 recovered in June, 1903, from the wreck of the 

 Spanish Galleon ' Florencia ' in Tobermory Bay, 

 Isle of Mull. The ' Florencia * was one of the 

 largest ships in the Armada — a galleon of over 900 

 tons, with a complement of 400 soldiers and 86 

 sailors. She is mentioned in the Duke of Medina's 

 Diary as having fought gallantly in the actions in 

 the English Channel on 23rd July, 1588. She was 

 blown up in Tobermory Harbour where she had 

 put in to water — tradition says by a member of the 

 Clan Maclean — in August 1588. 



The Gun is a bronze breech-loader, 4J feet long, 

 and was recovered fully charged. The diameter 

 of the bore at the muzzle is an inch and seven- 

 eighths, and the ball, if of iron, would weigh about 

 7 ozs. The breech block with its square shaped 

 handle is shown above the gun. The block was 

 kept in position by a wedge inserted behind it. 

 The square hole shown in the engraving was to 

 allow the escape of gas. 



The Compasses (reproduced full size) are also of 

 bronze, and have the head of each leg formed into a 

 semicircle, so that by their cross action they could 

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