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Article: The Shipwrecks.(Spanish Armada shipwrecks)
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- Calliope
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- May 1, 2000
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During the Armada's terrible voyage back to Spain, many ships were lost off the wild Atlantic coasts of Scotland and Ireland. We do not know exactly how many, since some may have vanished without trace in the open sea, while others perhaps foundered on shorelines so remote that no one saw them go down. But at least 26--a fifth of the whole fleet--are known to have been wrecked in these waters.
One of them, the San Juan de Sicilia, put in to the sheltered harbor of Tobermory off the west coast of Scotland to make repairs and take on flesh water. A few days later, it was torn apart by a huge explosion--sabotage was suspected --and quickly sank. Soon rumors began to ...