Full Fathom Five Wrecks of the Spanish Armada
Martin, Colin / Sloan, Sam
On Wednesday 17th April, the first day of the search, the weather was blustery, with a westerly wind gusting to Force 7. The waters of Basket Sound were dotted with white cresting breakers." In this inhospitable atmosphere off the coats of Ireland, Sydney Wignall, after years of preliminary study, began searching with Colin Martin and a team of divers for the remains of the Santa Maria de la Rosa. They believed that this ship from the Spanish ...