The Spanish lost 44 ships and estimates suggest that between 10,000 to 20,000 people were killed or went missing.

Evidence

Anglo-Spanish War: How the English Defeated the Spanish Armada (YouTube)

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Drake’s destruction of seasoned timber caused the Armada’s provisions to rot prematurely — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 876; The Lord Deputy ordered all Spanish castaways in Ireland killed — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 828; An important reason why the English were able to defeat the Armada was that the wind blew the Spanish ships northwards, celebrated on a medal inscribed ‘God Blew and they were Scattered’. — God blew and they were scattered (+3 more)

Related

• The Irish mostly sheltered Spanish castaways and helped them escape (similarity 0.83)
• Only 60 ships are known to have reached Spain, many of them too badly damaged to be repaired, and perhaps 15,000 men perished. (similarity 0.83)
• More than 13,500 Armada sailors and soldiers did not come home, the vast majority victims not of English cannon fire but of lack of food and water, virulent disease and incompetent organisation. (similarity 0.83)
• The Lord Deputy ordered all Spanish castaways in Ireland killed (similarity 0.82)
• No Spanish ship was lost other than the eight fire ships; the fireships’ main effect was forcing the Spanish to scatter. (similarity 0.82)
• The Irish mostly sheltered Spanish castaways rather than murdering them (similarity 0.81)
• Ships lost their anchors, and drifted out to sea to avoid catching fire, causing the Spanish ships’ formation to be completely broken. (similarity 0.80)
• Though not a single Spanish ship was, in fact, torched by the attack, the fireships caused many to cut their anchor cables in panic to avoid… (similarity 0.80)
• By the time the last surviving ships reached Spain in October, half the original Armada was lost and some 15,000 men had perished — a higher toll than the 13,500 figure. (similarity 0.80)
• No Spanish ships were burnt, but the crescent formation had been broken, and the fleet found itself too far leeward of Calais in the rising southwesterly wind. (similarity 0.80)
• The English sent fire ships into the Spanish anchorage at Calais, and prevailing winds and storms ultimately scattered and destroyed the Spanish fleet on its retreat. (similarity 0.79)
• An important reason why the English were able to defeat the Armada was that the wind blew the Spanish ships northwards, celebrated on a medal inscribed ‘God Blew and they were Scattered’. (similarity 0.79)
• The Spanish ships’ heavy guns. They sustained serious damage and casualties without being able to reply effectively. Three Spanish ships were… (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The Lord Deputy ordered all Spanish castaways in Ireland killed #expands (0.70) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 828
• The Irish mostly sheltered Spanish castaways rather than murdering them #contradicts (0.60) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 829
• The Irish mostly sheltered Spanish castaways and helped them escape #contradicts (0.60) — Garrett Mattingly, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 829