The San Lorenzo galleass broke her rudder repeatedly in rough seas.

Evidence

Weak ships, galleasses, the duke grumbled, for these rough seas. Perhaps they were. The San Lorenzo was to break her rudder again in less favourable circumstances. — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 609

Categorization

  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 609