...she settled wrong side up Traditional Cache
...she settled wrong side up
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There she drifted along, rolling over in different directions with waves until she went ashore, where she settled wrong side up… The cache is located at Streedagh Strand, near the village of Grange, north of Sligo and on the Wild Atlantic Way. Three ships belonging to the Spanish Armada were wrecked on this beach in 1588, La Lavia, La Juliana, and Santa Maria de Vision. Details on this event and on the history of the Armada can be found on the excellent information panels on site. This cache focuses on one of the three ships, La Lavia, and on some of her crew. A Venetian trader of 728 tons, la Lavia was built in the famous Arsenale shipyard in Venice, one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history. She was commandeered by the Spanish authorities in February 1588 while unloading a cargo of sugar at Lisbon. Armed with 25 guns, La Lavia served as Almiranta or vice-flagship of the Levant squadron. Her crew comprised of 71 sailors and she carried 271 soldiers according to the Lisbon muster list. Some of the people on board: Capt. Francisco De Cuellar; his record of events when he was washed up, exhausted and broken, in Streedagh and his subsequent travels until he eventually got back to Spain survives. De Cúellar, a native of Castille-Y-Leon in Spain originally joined the fleet as captain of galleon San Pedro which was part of the squadron of Castille (he lost his rank and was transferred to La Lavia for disobeying orders). De Cuellar’s account of his experience of these events is an extremely significant piece of social history and his epic journey back to his homeland is commemorated to this day as part of the Celtic Fringe Festival, held in Grange each September. Martin De Aranda; Judge Advocate General of the Armada-the supreme legal authority of the fleet, protector of De Cuellar, died by drowning at Streedagh. Don Diego Enriquez, “the hunchback”, colonel or camp master and commander of La Lavia, made it ashore in an enclosed ship’s boat that landed wrong side up on the beach entombing all within- a tragedy vividly described by De Cuellar. The son of the Count of Villa Franca, died on the beach in aforementioned ship’s boat. The cache is a small glass jar. Bring own pen. Stealth required as the site can be busy, particularly at weekends. Sources: Grange and Armada Development Association sligowalks.ie
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