The British Empire and its effect on Plymouth


The 'Revenge' Leaving Plymouth to Meet the Armada


This 1912 painting by Norman Wilkinson imagines what it may have looked like to watch the English fleet finally leave Plymouth to fight the Armada. Revenge was the ship used by Sir Francis Drake.


Empire in Your Backyard: Plymouth Article


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