Partly aided by bad weather, the English Navy defeated the Spanish Armada, with the help of Sir Francis Drake. Despite pressure from her advisers, particularly Lord Burghley, Elizabeth always ...

When Queen Mary I died, and with her England's brief and bloody restoration of Catholicism, she was replaced with Elizabeth I ... not playing bowls. The English fleet outnumbered them with ...

Crucial repairs to fix the Royal Navy’s flagship have been completed with her departure from Scotland imminent. All the mechanical issues which have plagued HMS Queen Elizabeth have now been ...

Elizabeth I is a colourful monarch. Her reign has been referred to by some as a ‘golden age’ but more recently this has been challenged and Elizabeth’s control over her country has been ...