When I mentioned that a lot of the Spanish Armada was sunk in Kinnagoe Bay, I wasn't kidding. Here's me with a serious piece of Spanish Armada cannonry pulled out of Kinnagoe by the Derry Divers' Club. The biggest things I've found are small ships' fittings, some halyards and what appears to have been either a dagger or a doorhinge - hard to tell at this point. This particular cannon was brought up from the wreck of the Armada ship "La Trinidad Valencera". The inscription on the barrel translates as, "Juan Manrique de Lara caused this to be made, the week of Remigy de Halut, 1556". The Royal Arms of Phillip II are depicted, asserting his title to be King of England (that was the reason for the fight to begin with). His title was asserted by virtue of his marriage to Mary Tudor in 1554. The gun was made in the town of Mecheles or Malines, then part of the Spanish Netherlands (now modern Belgium). The gun was to have been used in a prospective siege of London, but would have also been used onboard in addition to the ship's normal ordnance. The wooden gun carriage is, of course, a modern replica.

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