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The Daily Dispatch: August 5, 1863., [Electronic resource], Inspiring Examples of Heroism. (search)
ts of her present naval supremacy may be traced far back into Danish, and even Saxon times. It was the general opinion, up to the days of Drake and Hankins, that the English navy would never be able to cope with the great armaments of Spain, or even Portugal, upon the ocean! Such was the status of England among naval powers when Drake and Hankins, like Semmes and Maflit began to prove that the blood of the old Vikings was still alive in the exploits of their descendants. It was in the year 1587, when the magnitude and object of the Armada became known, that Drake, with only thirty ships, dashed into Cadiz, where a fleet was waiting to join the Armada, and destroyed every vessel--one hundred in all! The main body of the Armada was in the Tagus, and Drake, with his thirty ships, challenged their commander to come out and meet him, but he prudently declined; whereupon Drake returned home, contented with having, as he styles it, "singed the King of Spain's beard." It is not, however, t