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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:08,943 --> 00:00:12,878 Narrator: The mighty spanish armada. 2 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:17,766 Fights the navy of queen elizabeth during a bloody campaign 3 00:00:17,802 --> 00:00:20,552 That will echo through history. 4 00:00:20,571 --> 00:00:23,072 Dr. Delgado: It's a sea battle that changed the balance 5 00:00:23,107 --> 00:00:26,642 Of world power for three hundred years. 6 00:00:26,677 --> 00:00:29,645 Narrator: For many centuries evidence of the armada 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:37,202 And its shocking fate has been lying undiscovered on the sea floor. 8 00:00:37,238 --> 00:00:41,840 Imagine if we could empty the oceans. 9 00:00:41,876 --> 00:00:44,777 Letting the water drain away. 10 00:00:44,812 --> 00:00:47,646 To reveal the secrets of the sea floor. 11 00:00:48,649 --> 00:00:51,366 Now we can. 12 00:00:51,402 --> 00:00:54,169 Using accurate data. 13 00:00:54,205 --> 00:00:57,773 And astonishing technology. 14 00:00:57,808 --> 00:01:02,077 To bring light once again to a lost world. 15 00:01:05,349 --> 00:01:11,537 Can these twisted timbers reveal why two kingdoms went to war? 16 00:01:11,572 --> 00:01:15,174 Prof. Grove: These ships provided the vital sea lines of communication 17 00:01:15,209 --> 00:01:17,943 For the first great maritime empire. 18 00:01:17,978 --> 00:01:24,633 Narrator: Can evidence from an iconic ship wreck explain a naval revolution? 19 00:01:24,668 --> 00:01:28,837 And does a mysterious discovery off the coast of ireland. 20 00:01:28,873 --> 00:01:32,674 Explain the armada's grizzly fate? 21 00:01:33,511 --> 00:01:35,210 Dr. Martin: It is treasure. All of it. 22 00:01:35,246 --> 00:01:37,079 Because it tells us so much. 23 00:01:52,346 --> 00:01:55,981 Narrator: Fiery beacons spread the warning. 24 00:01:56,016 --> 00:01:58,600 The day of reckoning has dawned. 25 00:01:58,636 --> 00:02:02,738 The spanish and english battle for command of the seas. 26 00:02:06,043 --> 00:02:08,710 For nine tumultuous days. 27 00:02:08,746 --> 00:02:12,481 When the smoke clears 28 00:02:12,516 --> 00:02:18,103 A proud empire is humbled and a new super power is born. 29 00:02:31,335 --> 00:02:36,638 Rivalry between England and Spain began many years before. 30 00:02:36,674 --> 00:02:39,208 And is shrouded in mystery. 31 00:02:39,243 --> 00:02:43,946 For centuries archaeologists struggled to find evidence from this time. 32 00:02:44,882 --> 00:02:46,965 That changes with a discovery, 33 00:02:47,001 --> 00:02:53,038 Not in europe but two and a half thousand miles away in red bay. 34 00:02:55,776 --> 00:02:59,811 A remote harbor in the far, frozen north of canada. 35 00:03:01,782 --> 00:03:04,466 That opens onto the wild atlantic. 36 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:17,212 Led by clues found in sixteenth century documents, 37 00:03:17,248 --> 00:03:19,915 Maritime archaeologist robert grenier 38 00:03:19,950 --> 00:03:23,769 Comes here looking for evidence of a spanish ship. 39 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,975 Robert: I got in the water. 40 00:03:30,010 --> 00:03:34,746 I could see that there was something there. 41 00:03:34,782 --> 00:03:41,186 I went down and started to fan with my hands, moving the water. 42 00:03:41,221 --> 00:03:45,324 That clears the mud over what was there. 43 00:03:46,911 --> 00:03:51,914 I could see some faint lines about a quarter inch thick 44 00:03:51,949 --> 00:03:56,835 But couldn't figure out what they were. 45 00:03:56,870 --> 00:04:02,774 Narrator: If these icy waters do conceal a spanish ship wreck, why would it be here? 46 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:06,011 Two and a half thousand miles from home? 47 00:04:08,782 --> 00:04:11,667 Robert assembles a team to investigate. 48 00:04:15,039 --> 00:04:20,242 They meticulously record the size and shape of every piece of wreckage. 49 00:04:22,079 --> 00:04:25,781 And realize that they've found something extraordinary. 50 00:04:27,568 --> 00:04:30,869 Robert: We knew we had something of great interest, 51 00:04:30,904 --> 00:04:36,174 Finding a wreck of that importance as remote as here. 52 00:04:36,210 --> 00:04:37,909 As far as here. 53 00:04:41,382 --> 00:04:44,766 Narrator: Using all the data gathered by the dive team 54 00:04:44,802 --> 00:04:48,603 It's now possible to drain red bay dry. 55 00:04:59,717 --> 00:05:03,769 To expose the nearly complete remains of a sailing ship. 56 00:05:07,775 --> 00:05:13,812 Her decks have collapsed but her hull is almost intact. 57 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:26,108 Robert's first task is to date it. 58 00:05:26,143 --> 00:05:30,746 Deep inside the drained wreck a single clue. 59 00:05:31,849 --> 00:05:34,099 Nestled among the timbers. 60 00:05:35,969 --> 00:05:39,104 The delicate fragments of an hour glass. 61 00:05:42,910 --> 00:05:45,143 It's an incredibly rare discovery. 62 00:05:46,046 --> 00:05:49,781 Used from medieval times to measure time on ships. 63 00:05:51,602 --> 00:05:53,335 And there's more treasure. 64 00:05:54,471 --> 00:05:57,839 A compass. 65 00:05:57,875 --> 00:06:02,477 And an astrolabe, a device for measuring latitude. 66 00:06:02,513 --> 00:06:07,099 Instruments that helped sailors to use the stars to navigate. 67 00:06:07,167 --> 00:06:11,870 All commonly found on sixteenth century european ships. 68 00:06:11,905 --> 00:06:14,940 Robert: We have quite a complete navigation system. 69 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:18,176 It was the oldest ever found on a ship wreck at the time. 70 00:06:24,168 --> 00:06:29,371 Narrator: The discoveries confirm that the wreck is over four hundred years old. 71 00:06:29,406 --> 00:06:40,215 And a closer look at the ships remains uncovers a new and remarkable detail. 72 00:06:40,250 --> 00:06:45,036 Removing the collapsed decks reveals that the entire length of the hull 73 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:47,739 Is made up of v shaped timbers. 74 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:52,711 But these timbers have not been joined together. 75 00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:56,181 They have been carefully grown into the perfect shape. 76 00:06:57,601 --> 00:07:04,039 Discovering such a usual ship building style gives the team a lead. 77 00:07:04,074 --> 00:07:07,442 And takes them two and a half thousand miles east, 78 00:07:07,478 --> 00:07:12,948 Across the atlantic ocean to Spain and the port of pasaia. 79 00:07:21,442 --> 00:07:25,577 This bustling town in the basque region of Spain carries on a tradition 80 00:07:25,612 --> 00:07:29,614 Of ship building that began over five hundred years ago. 81 00:07:29,650 --> 00:07:34,669 It's here they make the first vessels that circumnavigate the globe. 82 00:07:36,039 --> 00:07:38,940 And secure the america's for their king. 83 00:07:43,981 --> 00:07:49,367 Today master builder xabier agote is keeping the tradition alive. 84 00:07:49,403 --> 00:07:54,906 He and his team are building a sixteenth century basque galleon. 85 00:07:54,942 --> 00:07:57,943 Using the materials and methods of the time. 86 00:08:01,348 --> 00:08:06,234 Xabier: Our oak forests were especially managed to provide the right timbers 87 00:08:06,270 --> 00:08:09,838 With the exact shape for ship building. 88 00:08:09,873 --> 00:08:15,377 As a result they would obtain timbers like this one with a very nice grain 89 00:08:15,412 --> 00:08:20,482 And that was very necessary to sail across the atlantic ocean 90 00:08:20,517 --> 00:08:23,502 And to reach north america. 91 00:08:27,341 --> 00:08:31,943 Narrator: The timbers still grown and worked in pasaia are the exact same design 92 00:08:32,012 --> 00:08:35,780 And shape as those on the wreck in red bay. 93 00:08:44,041 --> 00:08:50,812 Historical records held nearby at the ancient university of oƱati complete the story. 94 00:08:50,847 --> 00:08:56,701 A sixteenth century document with details of a ship that sailed to northern canada. 95 00:08:56,737 --> 00:09:02,674 Her name was san juan. 96 00:09:02,709 --> 00:09:07,345 She left pasaia in 1565. 97 00:09:07,381 --> 00:09:09,214 And never returned. 98 00:09:10,934 --> 00:09:13,602 Dr. Delgado: Finding archaeological evidence of Spain's maritime activities, 99 00:09:13,637 --> 00:09:18,807 Particularly as it entered the world stage, is rare. 100 00:09:18,842 --> 00:09:22,344 When we do find those traces they can be very revealing. 101 00:09:25,182 --> 00:09:29,868 Narrator: Discovering the name of the ship leads to the most important question of all. 102 00:09:29,903 --> 00:09:34,606 Why would she cross the atlantic. 103 00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:37,842 To the frozen wastes of north america? 104 00:09:43,850 --> 00:09:47,636 More clues lie inside the drained wreck. 105 00:09:47,671 --> 00:09:52,774 The hull is covered in small thin pieces of timber. 106 00:09:52,809 --> 00:09:56,911 And scattered around metal hoops. 107 00:09:56,947 --> 00:10:00,282 The broken remains of barrels. 108 00:10:01,301 --> 00:10:08,373 Robert: I passed my hand over the little planks and it was a greasy deposit. 109 00:10:08,408 --> 00:10:09,741 And I was puzzled by this. 110 00:10:13,347 --> 00:10:19,734 Narrator: The san juan seems to be a cargo ship packed with barrels full of grease, 111 00:10:19,770 --> 00:10:22,971 Something nearby helps explain what it is. 112 00:10:26,777 --> 00:10:30,078 Removing the collapsed decks of the ship, 113 00:10:30,113 --> 00:10:33,648 Exposes the fragments of four smaller crafts. 114 00:10:35,969 --> 00:10:40,438 One of them, a specialized hunting boat called a chalupa. 115 00:10:41,475 --> 00:10:44,776 Robert: Never expected to find a complete chalupa because normally 116 00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:47,912 They are very quickly eaten away by the worms. 117 00:10:47,948 --> 00:10:49,914 They vanish. 118 00:10:49,950 --> 00:10:54,703 So to finding, to find a complete chalupa like this was amazing. 119 00:10:54,738 --> 00:10:57,372 Narrator: Chalupas are fast and maneuverable. 120 00:10:57,407 --> 00:11:01,443 Specially designed to carry men wielding harpoons. 121 00:11:01,478 --> 00:11:06,247 Evidence of their prey is scattered across the drained sea bed. 122 00:11:11,104 --> 00:11:14,873 Whale bones. 123 00:11:14,908 --> 00:11:19,177 These chalupas are used to catch whales. 124 00:11:19,212 --> 00:11:21,846 Their blubber is then processed into oil. 125 00:11:21,882 --> 00:11:25,400 Loaded into barrels and shipped to europe. 126 00:11:28,138 --> 00:11:31,873 The full astonishing story is now clear. 127 00:11:31,908 --> 00:11:36,277 In the sixteenth century red bay is no quiet back water. 128 00:11:36,329 --> 00:11:40,014 She's a global center for whale oil production. 129 00:11:40,049 --> 00:11:43,234 Robert grenier hasn't just found a ship wreck. 130 00:11:43,270 --> 00:11:49,541 He's discovered evidence of one of the first industrial sites in north america. 131 00:11:49,576 --> 00:11:51,643 Robert: It was an important trade. 132 00:11:51,678 --> 00:12:00,368 Provision of whale oil which was very important for lighting the houses, soap. 133 00:12:00,404 --> 00:12:04,472 This was the equivalent of saudi arabia of the time. 134 00:12:08,311 --> 00:12:11,646 Narrator: The san juan carries the whale oil back to europe. 135 00:12:11,681 --> 00:12:15,934 Her crew call it liquid gold. And with good reason. 136 00:12:15,969 --> 00:12:20,705 Each successful trip nets over eight million dollars in today's money. 137 00:12:20,741 --> 00:12:26,177 And fifteen ships just like the san juan make this trip each year. 138 00:12:26,213 --> 00:12:31,466 But this is just one tiny fortune on a continent packed with treasure. 139 00:12:32,869 --> 00:12:37,772 After columbus discovers the america's in 1492, 140 00:12:37,807 --> 00:12:42,877 The spanish develop a huge network of trade routes. 141 00:12:42,913 --> 00:12:48,233 With tobacco plantations in cuba, sugar from brazil. 142 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:54,639 And vast quantities of silver and gold looted and mined from mexico and peru. 143 00:12:54,674 --> 00:12:58,276 Made possible by forcing the locals into slavery. 144 00:12:58,311 --> 00:13:02,781 And shipping over more enslaved men and women from west africa. 145 00:13:08,004 --> 00:13:11,272 Prof. Grove: Spain was the great super power of the sixteenth century. 146 00:13:11,308 --> 00:13:14,809 It was kept going by a very large fleet of ships. 147 00:13:14,845 --> 00:13:18,379 These ships are the sinews of the spanish empire. 148 00:13:19,749 --> 00:13:25,336 Narrator: The trade in gold and silver alone is worth ten trillion dollars 149 00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,438 In today's money. 150 00:13:27,474 --> 00:13:32,911 Making Spain one of the wealthiest and most powerful countries in europe. 151 00:13:32,946 --> 00:13:38,766 So rich she guilds her churches in silver and gold. 152 00:13:38,802 --> 00:13:42,570 All made possible by ships like the san juan. 153 00:13:48,445 --> 00:13:51,379 Prof. Grove: Without these ships Spain would not be rich 154 00:13:51,414 --> 00:13:56,868 And making money was what the spanish empire was all about. 155 00:13:56,903 --> 00:14:01,539 Narrator: But Spain's fabulous wealth attracts greedy rivals. 156 00:14:01,575 --> 00:14:03,875 Ready to muscle in. 157 00:14:08,782 --> 00:14:15,169 Including one with plans to break Spain's monopoly on atlantic trade. 158 00:14:15,205 --> 00:14:16,504 England. 159 00:14:17,507 --> 00:14:20,475 Ruled by elizabeth the first. 160 00:14:20,510 --> 00:14:24,812 She bans spanish imports including whale oil. 161 00:14:24,848 --> 00:14:29,767 And raises the stakes even higher risking everything in a showdown 162 00:14:29,803 --> 00:14:32,770 With the world's most powerful empire. 163 00:14:42,315 --> 00:14:45,767 Queen elizabeth is making England rich. 164 00:14:45,802 --> 00:14:47,769 With a new policy. 165 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:54,242 She gives sea captains a license to attack spanish merchant ships. 166 00:14:54,277 --> 00:14:56,110 (explosion) 167 00:14:56,146 --> 00:14:58,646 And steal their cargo's. 168 00:14:58,682 --> 00:15:03,434 Then she takes a healthy cut of the profits. 169 00:15:03,470 --> 00:15:09,807 One expedition alone makes her enough money to pay off the entire national debt. 170 00:15:09,843 --> 00:15:12,610 It's state piracy. 171 00:15:12,646 --> 00:15:16,214 (explosion) 172 00:15:16,249 --> 00:15:18,048 Prof. Grove: English maritime affairs was dominated 173 00:15:18,068 --> 00:15:20,668 By what I sometimes call the pirate mafia. 174 00:15:20,704 --> 00:15:22,437 Which began with the queen. 175 00:15:22,472 --> 00:15:25,740 The only way the english could expand their maritime activities 176 00:15:25,775 --> 00:15:29,344 Was to engage in this kind of armed robbery at sea. 177 00:15:31,014 --> 00:15:36,968 Narrator: The english defend the policy in the name of their protestant religion. 178 00:15:37,003 --> 00:15:40,171 Meaning philip the second of Spain, 179 00:15:40,206 --> 00:15:46,477 Protector of the catholic faith in europe now has two reasons to settle the score. 180 00:15:46,513 --> 00:15:49,380 Money and god. 181 00:15:49,416 --> 00:15:52,166 His admirals prepare a massive fleet. 182 00:15:52,202 --> 00:15:54,969 "la grande y felicisima armada". 183 00:15:55,005 --> 00:15:57,955 The great and fortunate armada". 184 00:15:57,990 --> 00:16:02,977 Brimming with confidence and carried out with the blessing of the catholic church, 185 00:16:03,013 --> 00:16:06,214 One hundred and thirty ships set sail. 186 00:16:06,249 --> 00:16:11,569 Among them a flotilla of the empires best galleons. 187 00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:15,039 On board, one hundred and eighty priests. 188 00:16:15,075 --> 00:16:21,980 And nineteen thousand soldiers, armed with over two thousand guns. 189 00:16:22,015 --> 00:16:26,401 For centuries historians puzzled over king phillips plans. 190 00:16:26,436 --> 00:16:31,506 Is he simply out to crush England's pirates or does he have something far more 191 00:16:31,541 --> 00:16:34,375 Devastating in mind? 192 00:16:38,314 --> 00:16:40,515 Eight hundred miles to the north of Spain. 193 00:16:43,370 --> 00:16:47,538 At kinnagoe bay, 194 00:16:47,574 --> 00:16:50,174 Along the wild northern coast of ireland. 195 00:16:54,848 --> 00:17:00,568 Can a remarkable discovery cast light on the real story of the armada? 196 00:17:00,603 --> 00:17:05,673 When local divers find what looks like ships timbers. 197 00:17:05,709 --> 00:17:10,478 They call in expert marine archaeologist colin martin. 198 00:17:10,513 --> 00:17:14,348 And he immediately understands their excitement. 199 00:17:14,383 --> 00:17:18,202 Dr. Martin: What I saw as my head went under the water 200 00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:22,073 Was this enormous bronze gun. 201 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:26,444 With the full alms of philip the second of Spain. 202 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:31,199 And it was almost as though I'd been transported back in time four hundred years. 203 00:17:35,138 --> 00:17:40,675 Narrator: Colin and the dive team search for more clues beneath the water. 204 00:17:40,710 --> 00:17:45,213 Carefully logging every detail. 205 00:17:45,248 --> 00:17:49,801 Archaeologists have had little chance to study armada wrecks. 206 00:17:49,836 --> 00:17:51,469 Could this be one? 207 00:17:53,573 --> 00:17:58,276 By using the dive team's data, it's possible to see clearly 208 00:17:58,311 --> 00:18:02,747 What lies beneath kinnagoe bay for the first time. 209 00:18:06,736 --> 00:18:09,203 The wild atlantic drains away. 210 00:18:10,740 --> 00:18:13,007 Exposing a mass of wreckage. 211 00:18:16,780 --> 00:18:20,548 Ships timbers spread along the sea floor. 212 00:18:20,583 --> 00:18:24,836 And lost for hundreds of years, more guns. 213 00:18:27,373 --> 00:18:31,375 Dr. Martin: Among the finds were three magnificent bronze cannons. 214 00:18:31,411 --> 00:18:32,910 All slightly different. 215 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:37,782 Still lying on the sea bed very visibly. 216 00:18:37,817 --> 00:18:43,104 Narrator: Every canon is stamped with a unique mark that records its weight. 217 00:18:43,139 --> 00:18:46,040 Dr. Martin: These guns were listed in spanish documents. 218 00:18:46,075 --> 00:18:50,812 And each one of them was identified by its exact weight. 219 00:18:52,182 --> 00:18:56,400 Narrator: Comparing the weight of the recovered guns with details in the spanish naval 220 00:18:56,436 --> 00:19:01,606 Inventory, reveals the name of this mystery vessel. 221 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,710 La trinidad valencera. 222 00:19:11,317 --> 00:19:17,371 A large mediterranean merchant vessel pressed into service by king philip. 223 00:19:18,174 --> 00:19:22,343 She's one of the most important ships in the armada. 224 00:19:22,378 --> 00:19:25,213 Armed with forty-two guns. 225 00:19:26,349 --> 00:19:31,035 Carrying two hundred and eighty-one soldiers and seventy-nine crew, 226 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:33,571 Weighting eleven hundred tons. 227 00:19:33,606 --> 00:19:36,340 One of the biggest ships in the fleet. 228 00:19:36,376 --> 00:19:38,576 It's an amazing discovery. 229 00:19:38,611 --> 00:19:43,714 And it gives historians a unique insight into philips plans. 230 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,042 At the drained wreck site, something surprising. 231 00:19:55,078 --> 00:19:59,747 Next to the bronze canons lie the wheels of their gun carriages. 232 00:19:59,782 --> 00:20:01,732 They are heavy and unwieldy. 233 00:20:01,768 --> 00:20:05,970 Clearly not designed for use at sea. 234 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:08,606 Dr. Martin: The main reason we knew that the guns weren't to be used 235 00:20:08,641 --> 00:20:14,178 In the naval battle was that they were stowed complete with their carriages. 236 00:20:15,682 --> 00:20:17,815 These were not ship guns. 237 00:20:17,850 --> 00:20:23,437 They were guns for land campaigning, siege artillery. 238 00:20:25,141 --> 00:20:29,010 Narrator: La trinidad valencera hasn't just come to shoot it out 239 00:20:29,045 --> 00:20:30,711 In the english channel. 240 00:20:30,747 --> 00:20:35,800 The canons in her hold point to a much more ambitious plan. 241 00:20:40,006 --> 00:20:44,375 And the drained sands of kinnagoe bay offer up another clue. 242 00:20:46,746 --> 00:20:50,448 Half embedded in the sandy seabed. 243 00:20:56,639 --> 00:21:00,508 Dr. Martin: This to me is the most remarkable and precious thing 244 00:21:00,543 --> 00:21:02,677 That was found on the wreck. 245 00:21:02,712 --> 00:21:06,814 It's a chinese porcelain bowl of the ming dynasty. 246 00:21:06,849 --> 00:21:12,770 Shipped all the way to seville and from there into the hands of a spanish 247 00:21:12,805 --> 00:21:20,344 Nobleman, who would be taking it as part of his household effects to England. 248 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:23,648 Narrator: A status symbol to grace an elegant home. 249 00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:27,868 Whoever owns it clearly plans to stay in England. 250 00:21:30,340 --> 00:21:36,477 Along with the siege canons it's clear evidence that the armada has come to invade, 251 00:21:36,512 --> 00:21:39,180 Conquer and occupy. 252 00:21:42,018 --> 00:21:46,537 Prof. Grove: Only regime change would stop the english engaging 253 00:21:46,572 --> 00:21:48,372 In their piratical raids. 254 00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:49,940 And that was the aim. 255 00:21:51,577 --> 00:21:55,780 Narrator: After over two years of preparation and eight days at sea, 256 00:21:55,815 --> 00:21:58,299 The armada nears the english channel. 257 00:21:59,035 --> 00:22:06,707 One hundred and thirty spanish ships including the mighty trinidad valencera. 258 00:22:06,743 --> 00:22:11,145 Their objective is to storm the beaches of southern England. 259 00:22:11,180 --> 00:22:16,901 But first they must join forces with twenty-seven thousand invasion troops, 260 00:22:16,936 --> 00:22:18,936 Waiting in northern France. 261 00:22:20,807 --> 00:22:26,610 The english commanders know that if the all-powerful spanish army gets ashore. 262 00:22:26,646 --> 00:22:29,413 King philip will be halfway to victory. 263 00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:35,770 To stop him they have just sixty fighting ships. 264 00:22:35,805 --> 00:22:39,974 A life or death battle for queen and country is about to begin. 265 00:22:43,046 --> 00:22:45,846 How will elizabeth's captains fight back? 266 00:22:45,882 --> 00:22:51,369 The answer lies inside one of the most famous ship wrecks of all time. 267 00:23:01,714 --> 00:23:07,334 Narrator: England's land army is no match for the spanish. 268 00:23:07,370 --> 00:23:09,770 And her fleet is outnumbered. 269 00:23:13,743 --> 00:23:17,311 But her sea captains do have two things in their favor. 270 00:23:17,346 --> 00:23:20,781 New weapons and radical new tactics. 271 00:23:24,871 --> 00:23:30,708 Just how radical can be seen one hundred and forty miles away near portsmouth. 272 00:23:30,743 --> 00:23:34,845 On board one of the most famous ship wrecks ever discovered. 273 00:23:36,516 --> 00:23:40,101 The mary rose. 274 00:23:40,136 --> 00:23:46,373 The favorite war ship of queen elizabeth's father, henry the eighth. 275 00:23:46,409 --> 00:23:49,610 She is lost in battle in 1545. 276 00:23:49,645 --> 00:23:53,247 The cause a mystery for many centuries. 277 00:23:55,601 --> 00:24:00,704 When she's found archaeologists uncover a treasure trove of information 278 00:24:00,740 --> 00:24:02,606 About the english navy. 279 00:24:02,642 --> 00:24:08,779 From more than forty years before the armada even set sail. 280 00:24:08,815 --> 00:24:14,335 Now the dive teams research and the underwater scan data is combined with ongoing 281 00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:19,173 Archaeological work after she is famously raised from the depths. 282 00:24:19,208 --> 00:24:25,446 Making it possible to reveal the mary rose exactly as she was first discovered. 283 00:24:28,568 --> 00:24:35,439 As the sea flows away, it opens a remarkable window into the past. 284 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:41,712 The mary rose. 285 00:24:41,747 --> 00:24:44,148 Extraordinarily well preserved. 286 00:24:46,903 --> 00:24:51,672 And buried within her clues that reveal how the english are changing 287 00:24:51,707 --> 00:24:54,375 The way they fight sea battles. 288 00:24:55,178 --> 00:24:59,780 Her exposed port side is worn away to reveal the decks. 289 00:24:59,815 --> 00:25:04,835 Scattered around long thin chests. 290 00:25:04,871 --> 00:25:10,307 When the dive team opened them, they make a near miraculous discovery. 291 00:25:10,343 --> 00:25:14,979 English long bows, one of the most feared weapons of the medieval age. 292 00:25:19,168 --> 00:25:20,801 In perfect condition. 293 00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:32,580 Dr. Hildred: So here they are. 294 00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:34,682 Beautifully preserved. You can see the condition. 295 00:25:34,717 --> 00:25:37,935 I mean they look new. They honestly look new. 296 00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:42,907 The only collection of archery equipment we have from the medieval period 297 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:45,309 Is here on the mary rose. 298 00:25:45,344 --> 00:25:49,079 Narrator: The long bows show that the mary rose was equipped for a traditional 299 00:25:49,115 --> 00:25:52,900 Sea battle. 300 00:25:52,935 --> 00:25:55,703 Prof. Grove: In the medieval period in northern waters, 301 00:25:55,738 --> 00:25:57,571 The classic form of naval warfare 302 00:25:57,607 --> 00:26:00,808 Was to put castles on basically merchant ships. 303 00:26:00,843 --> 00:26:06,847 These became fortresses and you put archers in the, on the castles. 304 00:26:06,882 --> 00:26:09,867 And it was very much a land battle at sea. 305 00:26:12,204 --> 00:26:18,542 Narrator: Each archer can fire up to twelve armor piercing arrows a minute. 306 00:26:18,578 --> 00:26:25,299 Clearing the way for soldiers to grapple and board enemy ships. 307 00:26:25,334 --> 00:26:33,607 For over a thousand years this has been the standard form of naval warfare. 308 00:26:33,643 --> 00:26:39,013 And it's exactly how the admirals of the spanish armada planned to attack the english. 309 00:26:43,502 --> 00:26:48,639 Their nineteen thousand elite troops stand ready to grapple and board. 310 00:26:54,447 --> 00:27:00,234 But the mary rose contains key evidence that the english navy is changing. 311 00:27:01,437 --> 00:27:03,771 And embracing new technology. 312 00:27:04,573 --> 00:27:08,075 Specifically, these. 313 00:27:08,110 --> 00:27:12,379 The mary rose is carrying ninety-one canons. 314 00:27:12,415 --> 00:27:15,399 Fifteen made of bronze. 315 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:17,868 Dr. Hildred: We have these finest cast bronze guns. 316 00:27:17,903 --> 00:27:20,838 This has a bore of about a hundred millimetres or so. 317 00:27:20,873 --> 00:27:24,742 So, it would have taken a shot that would have weighed up to ten pounds. 318 00:27:24,777 --> 00:27:28,512 This probably weighs just over a ton. 319 00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:31,932 Narrator: Bronze guns are powerful but a shortage of the right metal 320 00:27:31,967 --> 00:27:34,802 Forces king henry to adapt. 321 00:27:34,837 --> 00:27:40,007 And it's these other weapons found on the mary rose that are more significant. 322 00:27:40,843 --> 00:27:46,547 A range of firearms from canons to hand guns. 323 00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:50,968 All made in a new way. 324 00:27:51,003 --> 00:27:55,172 Dr. Hildred: Here we have the first attempts to mass produce a gun in cast iron. 325 00:27:55,207 --> 00:27:57,808 You can see there's a cast line round it. 326 00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,309 But what this is saying is henry was 327 00:27:59,345 --> 00:28:02,746 A, trying to come up with cheaper guns in cast iron. 328 00:28:02,782 --> 00:28:06,900 And b, just attempt to harness the technology. 329 00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:12,072 Narrator: As well as cast iron hand guns, the tudors developed wrought iron canons. 330 00:28:15,611 --> 00:28:19,146 Prof. Grove: They discovered ways of making iron that was strong enough 331 00:28:19,181 --> 00:28:21,648 To stand the stresses of a gun being fired. 332 00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:26,704 And this was a huge improvement in that it made powerful guns 333 00:28:26,739 --> 00:28:28,839 A good deal cheaper. 334 00:28:32,545 --> 00:28:38,015 Narrator: Each wrought iron gun is less than a tenth of the cost of a bronze gun. 335 00:28:43,372 --> 00:28:48,175 Meaning henry's favorite war ship can pack a bigger punch. 336 00:28:49,645 --> 00:28:54,882 The tudor navy calls their new iron guns port pieces. 337 00:28:54,917 --> 00:28:58,618 The mary rose has twelve of them. 338 00:28:58,637 --> 00:29:05,242 Each one mounted on a small low-profile carriage. 339 00:29:05,277 --> 00:29:07,478 Easy to reload. 340 00:29:07,513 --> 00:29:10,147 All made to the same standard. 341 00:29:10,182 --> 00:29:13,534 They require a change in ship design. 342 00:29:13,569 --> 00:29:17,237 With decks specifically strengthened to hold weighty canons. 343 00:29:26,782 --> 00:29:32,636 When the mary rose is built in 1511, records show she hasn't got a single 344 00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:36,006 Port piece on board. 345 00:29:36,041 --> 00:29:41,779 But in the drained wreck there are port pieces scattered across two of her decks. 346 00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:45,732 Evidence that henry was so serious about naval gunnery, 347 00:29:45,768 --> 00:29:48,368 He made his ship builders increase the fire 348 00:29:48,404 --> 00:29:52,172 Power and strength of one of his best warships. 349 00:29:55,277 --> 00:30:00,247 Dr. Hildred: It's on that brink of change of ships from being troop carriers 350 00:30:00,282 --> 00:30:02,232 To gun platforms. 351 00:30:02,268 --> 00:30:07,404 It has certainly some of the most sophisticated modern weapons of its time. 352 00:30:07,439 --> 00:30:10,307 Dr. Delgado: The gun changes war at sea. 353 00:30:10,342 --> 00:30:13,610 Ships go from being floating castles to being vessels 354 00:30:13,646 --> 00:30:16,079 Capable of destroying another ship. 355 00:30:20,836 --> 00:30:25,372 Narrator: But embracing new ideas too quickly can be dangerous. 356 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:32,312 When the french attack the english coast in 1545, the mary rose sails into battle. 357 00:30:32,348 --> 00:30:35,232 She fires one salvo. 358 00:30:35,267 --> 00:30:37,868 Turns and immediately sinks. 359 00:30:39,138 --> 00:30:42,873 Dr. Hildred: You do get a number of reports that say suddenly a wind came up. 360 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:48,645 She then turned and in turning was, you know, gust of wind heeled her over. 361 00:30:48,681 --> 00:30:53,600 Narrator: When a ship heels its side tips towards the waterline. 362 00:30:53,636 --> 00:30:58,305 That's only a problem if sea water can enter the ship. 363 00:30:58,340 --> 00:31:04,044 And on board the mary rose there's one very obvious way that can happen. 364 00:31:07,550 --> 00:31:11,401 Prof. Grove: To put big guns into ships you had to put them in the hull. 365 00:31:11,437 --> 00:31:13,403 And so the gun port was born. 366 00:31:17,276 --> 00:31:24,281 The problem with gun ports was how low down in the ship could you put them? 367 00:31:24,316 --> 00:31:29,069 If the gun ports are too close to the water line and the ship heels and sailing ships heel, 368 00:31:29,104 --> 00:31:32,072 Because of their sails, then there's the danger 369 00:31:32,107 --> 00:31:34,975 That water can come in through the gun ports. 370 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:39,212 Narrator: And at the drained wreck site a clue. 371 00:31:39,248 --> 00:31:42,733 The gun ports are clearly visible. 372 00:31:42,768 --> 00:31:45,335 And they are all open. 373 00:31:49,608 --> 00:31:53,710 Piecing together the evidence what happens is now clear. 374 00:31:54,747 --> 00:31:58,081 The mary rose heads into battle against the french. 375 00:31:58,117 --> 00:32:00,500 Her high castles packed with archers. 376 00:32:05,307 --> 00:32:07,574 She fires her starboard guns. 377 00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:17,000 She turns to fire from her port side guns. 378 00:32:18,237 --> 00:32:21,471 A gust of wind makes her heel over. 379 00:32:22,341 --> 00:32:28,679 Unstable from so many soldiers, guns and ammunition, she heels too far. 380 00:32:28,714 --> 00:32:31,848 Water pours into the open gun ports. 381 00:32:33,035 --> 00:32:35,736 In minutes she capsizes. 382 00:32:37,072 --> 00:32:42,409 Taking all but thirty of her four hundred and fifteen crew to their deaths. 383 00:32:46,048 --> 00:32:52,135 Forty-three years later as the spanish armada approaches plymouth, 384 00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:58,075 The english fleet is about to show that they have built on the legacy of the mary rose. 385 00:32:58,110 --> 00:33:00,610 They ditch hand to hand combat. 386 00:33:00,646 --> 00:33:05,182 And focus purely on the firepower of their guns. 387 00:33:05,217 --> 00:33:09,202 Will it be enough to save England from invasion? 388 00:33:19,648 --> 00:33:25,969 One hundred and thirty ships of the armada come face to face with England's one hundred. 389 00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:29,606 As the battle begins the spanish try to get close, 390 00:33:29,641 --> 00:33:32,876 Looking to board and capture the english warships. 391 00:33:32,911 --> 00:33:35,712 But elizabeth's captains have other ideas. 392 00:33:40,335 --> 00:33:46,139 Prof. Grove: In that piratical operation the english develop standoff gunnery warfare. 393 00:33:46,175 --> 00:33:48,809 Concentrating much more on gunnery. 394 00:33:48,877 --> 00:33:50,310 And locking the enemy to pieces. 395 00:33:57,269 --> 00:34:02,205 Narrator: It's a test of english tactics. 396 00:34:02,241 --> 00:34:05,776 If they get too close they risk hand to hand combat 397 00:34:05,811 --> 00:34:09,246 With an overwhelming force of spanish soldiers. 398 00:34:09,281 --> 00:34:14,134 If they stay too far, the guns will do little damage. 399 00:34:14,169 --> 00:34:16,536 But they have the perfect ships for the job. 400 00:34:19,475 --> 00:34:26,213 Transformed since the mary rose the castles have gone. 401 00:34:26,248 --> 00:34:29,966 Instead they're packed with guns. 402 00:34:30,002 --> 00:34:32,869 Sleek and maneuverable. 403 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:35,305 The fastest war ships in the world. 404 00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:47,033 Dr. Delgado: The tactics the english developed as pirates to come in shooting, 405 00:34:47,069 --> 00:34:49,903 Prove effective against the spanish armada. 406 00:34:55,344 --> 00:34:56,910 Prof. Grove: Ships would charge at each other. 407 00:34:56,945 --> 00:34:58,311 A bit like cavalry. 408 00:34:58,347 --> 00:35:01,515 And then they would fire, turn, fire again, 409 00:35:01,550 --> 00:35:05,836 Move away, reload and come back. 410 00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:13,543 Narrator: Making elizabeth's navy fast enough to hit. And run. 411 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:23,370 They fire over two thousand shots to Spain's seven hundred and fifty. 412 00:35:29,545 --> 00:35:34,247 Shattering masts and tearing holes through splintered wooden hulls. 413 00:35:34,283 --> 00:35:38,401 Driving the armada along the coast. 414 00:35:38,437 --> 00:35:42,672 Two days later there's a second battle. 415 00:35:42,708 --> 00:35:45,542 Seventy-five miles away at portland bill. 416 00:35:47,379 --> 00:35:48,712 It's a critical moment. 417 00:35:53,402 --> 00:35:57,971 And the english take more risks they come in closer, 418 00:35:58,006 --> 00:36:01,208 Putting themselves at risk of being boarded. 419 00:36:03,412 --> 00:36:04,845 But this time when they fire. 420 00:36:09,401 --> 00:36:11,268 They cause more damage. 421 00:36:13,372 --> 00:36:15,505 The spanish have naval guns too. 422 00:36:16,041 --> 00:36:18,141 Plenty of them. 423 00:36:18,177 --> 00:36:22,112 And one of the biggest mysteries of the armada is why they're not as effective 424 00:36:22,147 --> 00:36:25,415 As the english guns. 425 00:36:25,450 --> 00:36:30,737 Nearly four hundred miles away in ireland's kinnagoe bay can the drained wreck 426 00:36:30,772 --> 00:36:34,207 Of la trinidad valencera reveal the answer? 427 00:36:37,246 --> 00:36:41,581 Spread across the site guns for a sea battle and lots of ammunition. 428 00:36:44,736 --> 00:36:46,069 But how well was it used? 429 00:36:50,642 --> 00:36:55,478 Like many of the ships of the armada the trinidad valencera is requisitioned 430 00:36:55,514 --> 00:36:57,714 For war by king philip. 431 00:36:57,749 --> 00:37:03,603 Such a disparate fleet carries a huge range of weapons. 432 00:37:03,639 --> 00:37:08,174 Dr. Martin: When we started to find quite large quantities of canon balls, 433 00:37:08,210 --> 00:37:13,246 We were struck by the wide range of calibres, of diameters of the balls. 434 00:37:15,667 --> 00:37:20,637 Unlike their enemy the spanish have no standardized guns. 435 00:37:20,672 --> 00:37:27,043 It means in the heat of battle it can be hard to find the right shot for the right gun. 436 00:37:27,079 --> 00:37:30,313 So they rely on a measuring gauge. 437 00:37:30,349 --> 00:37:34,334 Dr. Martin: You check against a ball. 438 00:37:34,369 --> 00:37:37,938 And if it goes through just nicely as this one does, 439 00:37:37,973 --> 00:37:41,474 Then you've got the right shot for this particular gun. 440 00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:44,144 And at the level of the poor gunners on board the ships, 441 00:37:44,179 --> 00:37:50,400 They were frequently finding not this, where they were the right size. 442 00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:54,204 But this where they weren't. 443 00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:59,676 Narrator: And the spanish captains face other problems. 444 00:37:59,711 --> 00:38:03,913 Dr. Martin: We then started to look at the way the spaniards used their guns, 445 00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:05,548 Operated their guns. 446 00:38:05,584 --> 00:38:11,204 We were helped by the discovery of the carriages that the ships 447 00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:17,010 Had been using to mount their guns for sea warfare. 448 00:38:18,113 --> 00:38:22,666 Narrator: The gun and carriage can span nineteen feet 449 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:26,236 Over half the width of a ships deck. 450 00:38:26,271 --> 00:38:30,040 Dr. Martin: Spaniards seem to have had cumbersome two wheeled carriages 451 00:38:30,075 --> 00:38:36,246 With long trails, which were quite difficult to bring in to reload. 452 00:38:36,281 --> 00:38:42,002 Narrator: All of this means that the two sides fight very differently. 453 00:38:42,037 --> 00:38:44,771 Prof. Grove: The spanish tend it would appear, 454 00:38:44,806 --> 00:38:49,943 Not to see the gun as a powerful weapon for sea born combat. 455 00:38:49,978 --> 00:38:54,614 Although they do have guns at sea they don't fire them very often. 456 00:38:56,435 --> 00:39:02,806 Dr. Martin: They, the english were firing twice as quickly as the spaniards. 457 00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:14,067 Like having twice as many guns if you can fire them in half the time. 458 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:22,742 Narrator: The second battle lasts over two hours. 459 00:39:22,778 --> 00:39:25,678 The english inflict the most damage. 460 00:39:25,714 --> 00:39:28,581 But the armada remains largely intact. 461 00:39:28,617 --> 00:39:31,835 And its large galleons are still a powerful threat. 462 00:39:32,771 --> 00:39:38,775 Dr. Martin: It's extremely difficult to sink a wooden ship with canon fire. 463 00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:41,611 You need to batter away at it. 464 00:39:43,415 --> 00:39:49,069 Insofar as breaking up the actual fleet which held together, protecting itself, 465 00:39:49,104 --> 00:39:54,107 The english effectively were powerless. 466 00:39:54,142 --> 00:39:56,543 Narrator: The armada heads to northern France. 467 00:39:56,578 --> 00:40:03,366 Where twenty seven thousand fresh and well trained spanish soldiers await. 468 00:40:03,402 --> 00:40:07,337 Ready to join the fleet and try to land in England. 469 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:16,279 Back in kinnagoe bay can the wreck of la trinidad valencera 470 00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:19,899 Explain why that invasion never happened? 471 00:40:32,614 --> 00:40:34,848 But the troops aren't ready to board. 472 00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:39,936 So the spanish are forced to wait. 473 00:40:39,971 --> 00:40:44,974 Close together in the face of a gathering storm. 474 00:40:45,010 --> 00:40:48,778 This gives the english an unexpected opportunity 475 00:40:48,814 --> 00:40:53,099 And they use it to unleash a terrifying new weapon. 476 00:40:53,135 --> 00:40:53,933 Hell burners. 477 00:40:59,107 --> 00:41:01,975 Eight of their own ships packed with explosives, 478 00:41:02,010 --> 00:41:06,079 Set on fire and aimed right at the heart of the armada. 479 00:41:10,001 --> 00:41:11,668 Prof. Grove: The english took their opportunity, 480 00:41:11,703 --> 00:41:14,070 Sent in fire ships, 481 00:41:14,105 --> 00:41:17,440 Caused the armada to break formation. 482 00:41:17,476 --> 00:41:20,810 Narrator: Now the english captains can pick their enemies off 483 00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:22,879 One ship at a time. 484 00:41:22,914 --> 00:41:25,114 At daybreak they pounce. 485 00:41:30,205 --> 00:41:34,908 After the first two clashes the english know they can fire at a hundred feet 486 00:41:34,943 --> 00:41:36,676 Without being boarded. 487 00:41:36,711 --> 00:41:39,913 An advantage they now exploit to the fore. 488 00:41:43,869 --> 00:41:47,170 Disabling four of Spain's best galleons. 489 00:41:47,205 --> 00:41:49,305 And damaging many more. 490 00:41:52,911 --> 00:41:54,844 The battle rages for nine hours. 491 00:41:58,316 --> 00:42:03,836 Nearly two thousand spanish soldiers and sailors are left dead or injured. 492 00:42:07,042 --> 00:42:09,576 Their invasion attempt is over. 493 00:42:16,801 --> 00:42:22,238 Damaged by enemy fire, packed with injured and dying men. 494 00:42:22,274 --> 00:42:27,076 The surviving ships of the armada. Run for home. 495 00:42:27,112 --> 00:42:31,915 But only sixty ships will ever make it back. 496 00:42:37,973 --> 00:42:42,709 In ireland the drained wreck site of la trinidad valencera reveals 497 00:42:42,744 --> 00:42:48,248 How one of the mightiest ships of the armada ended her days. 498 00:42:48,283 --> 00:42:53,036 The surviving timbers are scattered and spread across a rocky reef. 499 00:42:53,071 --> 00:42:57,473 It's a clue that helps to explain what happened after the epic battle 500 00:42:57,509 --> 00:42:58,408 Against the english. 501 00:43:02,914 --> 00:43:04,480 Dr. Martin: Well the spanish armada 502 00:43:04,516 --> 00:43:07,667 When it failed in it's objective, 503 00:43:07,702 --> 00:43:10,670 Decided to return home by sailing right round 504 00:43:10,705 --> 00:43:13,306 The top of the british isles. 505 00:43:13,341 --> 00:43:15,341 Narrator: Thrusting the spanish into the path 506 00:43:15,377 --> 00:43:18,278 Of a new and even more formidable enemy. 507 00:43:25,704 --> 00:43:27,403 The weather. 508 00:43:30,675 --> 00:43:33,643 Summer storms roar up the north sea. 509 00:43:35,113 --> 00:43:37,680 Battering the already damaged galleons. 510 00:43:39,150 --> 00:43:44,704 To such religious men it must feel like god himself has turned against Spain. 511 00:43:51,246 --> 00:43:56,265 But what happened next to the la trinidad valencera is even more hellish. 512 00:43:59,037 --> 00:44:02,105 Dr. Martin: She found herself in a sinking condition. 513 00:44:02,140 --> 00:44:05,808 A decision was made to run for the shore. 514 00:44:05,844 --> 00:44:09,345 Narrator: La trinidad valencera heads for the irish coast 515 00:44:09,381 --> 00:44:11,180 Looking for a safe place to land. 516 00:44:15,403 --> 00:44:18,971 Dr. Martin: She grounded some distance from the shore on a sandy bottom. 517 00:44:19,007 --> 00:44:22,842 But with her bow sitting on a reef. 518 00:44:22,877 --> 00:44:26,546 Narrator: Almost all the crew scramble ashore unharmed. 519 00:44:26,581 --> 00:44:31,601 Dr. Martin: They marched off heading for the west coast of ireland where they hoped 520 00:44:31,636 --> 00:44:36,673 They might make contact with other armada ships that would bring them home. 521 00:44:36,708 --> 00:44:44,447 Unfortunately for them they were intercepted by a force of english soldiers. 522 00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:47,150 Narrator: What happens next is savage. 523 00:44:48,069 --> 00:44:50,603 The english start to execute their prisoners. 524 00:44:58,980 --> 00:45:02,932 Only a lucky few manage to run to the hills. 525 00:45:07,539 --> 00:45:14,844 Through drowning or execution over six thousand men die along these shores. 526 00:45:14,879 --> 00:45:19,282 La trinidad valencera is one of just six armada wrecks 527 00:45:19,317 --> 00:45:22,402 Found off the coast of ireland. 528 00:45:22,437 --> 00:45:27,340 The rest, probably up to twenty, have never been discovered. 529 00:45:27,375 --> 00:45:31,744 What began as a battle to crush the upstart english has changed 530 00:45:31,780 --> 00:45:34,580 The global balance of power. 531 00:45:34,616 --> 00:45:40,536 Prof. Grove: The weakness of the spanish empire was its actual dependence on wealth. 532 00:45:40,572 --> 00:45:47,877 And when other powers began to rise like the dutch, like the english, like the french, 533 00:45:47,912 --> 00:45:51,347 Then these powers had much greater economic depth. 534 00:45:51,382 --> 00:45:56,235 Spain loses its sources of wealth and it's got nothing to fall back on. 535 00:45:56,271 --> 00:46:00,573 Narrator: Within ten years Spain is bankrupt. 536 00:46:01,476 --> 00:46:07,447 In red bay and beyond cargo ships like the san juan no longer hold the monopoly 537 00:46:07,482 --> 00:46:09,665 On new world trade routes. 538 00:46:13,972 --> 00:46:18,107 England with its mastery of naval gunnery and its fast, 539 00:46:18,143 --> 00:46:21,978 Mobile warships is now the rising force. 540 00:46:22,013 --> 00:46:24,347 Dr. Delgado: In the aftermath of the armada these new types 541 00:46:24,382 --> 00:46:29,502 Of ships and tactics will dominate naval warfare for the next two centuries. 542 00:46:35,610 --> 00:46:40,213 Narrator: Within twenty years England establishes its first successful colony 543 00:46:40,248 --> 00:46:41,981 In the americas. 544 00:46:42,016 --> 00:46:45,234 English will become the dominant language in north america 545 00:46:45,270 --> 00:46:48,437 And much of the world beyond. 546 00:46:48,473 --> 00:46:52,041 And as England becomes great britain, ships controlled 547 00:46:52,076 --> 00:46:56,746 In london will dominate global trading routes. 548 00:46:56,781 --> 00:47:03,102 Britain will become the undisputed ruler of the waves. 549 00:47:03,137 --> 00:47:10,743 Until she is finally eclipsed by her own colonies, the united states. 550 00:47:10,778 --> 00:47:16,399 A process all triggered by the fight for the riches of the americas. 551 00:47:16,434 --> 00:47:19,836 And the defeat of the spanish armada. 552 00:47:21,573 --> 00:47:22,438 Captioned by subtitlepro llc 55773

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