[DOC] [TLE] Francis Drake - Wikipedia [PAR] Sir Francis Drake, vice admiral ( c. 1540  27 January 1596) was an English sea 
captain, ... Elizabeth I of England awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581. He was 
second-in-command of the English fleet against the Spanish Armada in 1588. ... 
His exploits made him a hero to the English but a pirate to the Spaniards, to 
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High Admiral of England, Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobisher, Sir Francis ..... 
with the afternoon tide to find Sir Francis Drake playing bowls with his officers on 
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... of the Armada's approach, he replied that he had time to finish the game of 
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the British ships survived, and then after a 12 hour lull, the wind off the shore 
freshened enough to ..... Drake has to be content being named as Vice Admiral to 
Howard. ... "We have time to finish the game ( of bowls ) and beat the Spanish too
.". [DOC] [TLE] Defeat of the Spanish Armada - Warfare History Network [PAR] Jun 13, 2016 ... If not, she could still rely on England's fine ships and mariners to ... But Howard, 
no doubt influenced by his vice admiral, Francis Drake, had ... Although he didn't 
know it, Howard was closing on the Spanish .... What was left of the Armada 
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earliest explorers of the Arctic sea, and the high admiral of England, ... by Drake, 
who calmly insisted that the game should be played out. Settling down to the 
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To this end he took care, by every pos- sible means, to increase his fleet, and ...... 
in Henry the Eighth's time Vice- Admiral of England, who procured him a good 
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Question: With the Spanish Armada closing in on England, this British vice-admiral calmly continued his game of bowls
Answer: Sir Francis Drake