Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet, which also adopted into English, Malay and Indonesian for the same meaning, or an adjective meaning 'armed'; Armáda () is the Czech and Slovak word for

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Military

Explorations and military campaigns

* Portuguese India Armadas (''armadas da Índia''), fleets of ships dispatched from Portugal to India, following the sea route opened up by Vasco da Gama in 1497–1499 *

2nd Portuguese India Armada (Cabral, 1500) The Second Portuguese India Armada was assembled in 1500 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Pedro Álvares Cabral. Cabral's armada famously discovered Brazil for the Portuguese crown along the way. By and ...

3rd Portuguese India Armada (Nova, 1501) The Third Portuguese India Armada was assembled in 1501 upon the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of João da Nova. It was small compared to other armadas of the same type and was formed for commercial purposes. Nonet ...

4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502) The 4th Portuguese India Armada was assembled in 1502 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Vasco da Gama. It was Gama's second trip to India. The fourth of some thirteen Portuguese India Armadas, it was desi ...

5th Portuguese India Armada (Albuquerque, 1503) The Fifth India Armada was assembled in 1503 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque. It was Albuquerque's first trip to India. It was not a particularly successful armada - navigational mis ...

6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504) The Sixth India Armada was assembled in 1504 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Lopo Soares de Albergaria. The Fleet The 6th Armada was composed of 13 ships: approximately nine large '' nau'' or carracks, ...

7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505) The Seventh India Armada was assembled in 1505 on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of D. Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of the Indies. The 7th Armada set out to secure the dominance of the P ...

Military campaigns

Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada (a.k.a. the Enterprise of England, es, Grande y Felicísima Armada, links=no, lit=Great and Most Fortunate Navy) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by the Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aris ...

or Great Armada, an unsuccessfully attempted invasion of England by Spain in 1588 * English Armada or Counter Armada, an unsuccessful English naval campaign in 1589 aimed at capturing Lisbon and other coastal towns from Spain *

2nd Spanish Armada The 2nd Spanish Armada also known as the Spanish Armada of 1596Wernham pp. 139–140 was a naval operation that took place during the Anglo–Spanish War. Another invasion of England or Ireland was attempted in the autumn of 1596 by King Philip ...

2nd unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England *

3rd Spanish Armada The 3rd Spanish Armada, also known as the Spanish Armada of 1597, was a major naval event that took place between October and November 1597 as part of the Anglo–Spanish War.Graham pp. 212–213 The armada, which was the third attempt by Spain ...

3rd unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England *

Armada of 1779 The Armada of 1779 was a combined Franco-Spanish naval enterprise intended to divert British military assets, primarily of the Royal Navy, from other war theatres by invading the Kingdom of Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. ...

or Other Armada, an unsuccessfully attempted invasion of England by France and Spain in 1779

Ships

* HMS ''Armada'', two ships in the British Royal Navy * USS ''Armada'', World War II minesweeper of the US Navy

Armed forces

* ''Armada'', Spanish Navy * ''Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela'', Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela * ''Armáda České republiky'', the Military of the Czech Republic * ''Armada de Chile'', Chilean Navy * ''Armada Ecuatoriana'',

Ecuadorian Navy The Ecuadorian Navy ( es, Armada del Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian entity responsible for the surveillance and protection of national maritime territory and has a personnel of 9,127 men to protect a coastline of 2,237 km which reaches far into t ...

* ''Armada Nacional'', Colombian National Armada * ''Armada Portuguesa'', Portuguese Navy * ''Armada de la República Argentina'',

Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the ...

* ''Marina Armada'', Mexican Navy * Armada de Barlovento, a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s * ''Komando Armada Barat'' (Western Fleet Command) and ''Komando Armada Timur'' (Eastern Fleet Command), fleets of the Indonesian Navy * Armada al-Makhzniya (1935) is a paramilitary organization of Moroccan warriors ( makhazniya) affiliated to the Inspectorate of the Caliphate Forces and its command center in the CPFA in Tetouan. They are placed under the command of the territorial authorities. Their mission is to accompany the Caliph during his travels, to establish security in the cities and villages in the Riff , which are under Spanish protection in Morocco. And now they are known as Auxiliary Forces in morocco *

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Armada'' (album), an album by black metal band Keep of Kalessin * The Armada (band), a band formed by ex-The Tea Party lead singer Jeff Martin * Armada Music, a music label created by Armin van Buuren * Armada (music group), a pop band from Indonesia

Gaming

* ''Armada'' (video game), a video game which was popular on the Sega Dreamcast * '' Star Trek: Armada'', a Star Trek game published by Activision * '' Wing Commander: Armada'', a video game by Origin Systems * '' Battlefleet Gothic: Armada'', a Warhammer 40,000 game developed by Tindalos Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive

Publishing

* ''Armada'' (novel), a 2015 novel by Ernest Cline * ''The Armada'' (book) (1959), a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the Spanish Armada by Garrett Mattingly *

Armada (comics) Valiant Comics is an American comic books, comic book publisher. The company was founded in 1989 by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter along with lawyer and businessman Steven Massarsky. In 1994, the company was sold to Acclaim E ...

, a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties * Armada Books, a now defunct publishing house, one time publishers of the Billy Bunter children's novels

TV series

* '' Transformers: Armada''

Episodes

* "Armada", an episode of '' Transformers: Prime''.

Businesses

Armada (company) Armada is an American manufacturer of skis, poles, technical outerwear and skiing-related softgoods, based in Park City, Utah with a European office in Innsbruck, Austria. The company's products are sold in over forty countries worldwide throug ...

, a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear *

Armada Asset Management, LLC Armada Asset Management, LLC is a business conglomerate holding company providing asset management services, consulting, and threat reduction/security services. Their main office is located in Newport Beach, CA, with operational locations in Pleasa ...

, a holding company based in Newport Beach, CA *

Armada Centre The Armada Centre is a shopping centre in Plymouth, England. It was established in 1986 and refurbished in 2004. The centre is laid out on three floors, with Sainsbury's occupying the upper floor. Other retailers that are housed on the ground ...

, shopping centre in Plymouth, England * ARMADA (SoC) product family by Marvell Technology

People

* Adam Lindgren (born 1993), professional ''Super Smash Bros.'' player known as ''Armada'' * General Alfonso Armada, a Spanish military officer condemned as one of the plotters of the

23-F 3F or 3-F may refer to: * Fagligt Fælles Forbund * Fangio, Farina, Fagioli - drivers of the Alfa Romeo factory team * 3 Fonteinen - Belgian brewery, specializing in gueuze and kriek * 0x3F, ASCII code for question mark The question mark (al ...

attempted coup * Juan Armada y Losada, Spanish politician

Places

Armada, Arkansas Armada is an extinct town in Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana t ...

, a ghost town * Armada, Michigan, a small village in the US * Armada Township, Buffalo County, Nebraska * Armada Towers, in Dubai, U.A.E. * Armada House, in Bristol, England * Armada Road Multi-Family District, a U.S. historic district in Venice, Florida

Sports teams

Armada Rijeka Armada are a football ultras group that support HNK Rijeka. They also support Rijeka's other sports clubs, such as RK Zamet ( handball), Primorje EB (waterpolo) and KK Kvarner 2010 (basketball). The name Armada was given in 1987 at a bar i ...

, a football-fan club from Rijeka, Croatia * Peña

Armada Sur Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for naval fleet, which also adopted into English, Malay and Indonesian for the same meaning, or an adjective meaning 'armed'; Armáda () is the Czech and Slovak word for armed forces. Armada may also refe ...

, a football-fan club from Tenerife, Spain * ''La Armada'', a nickname for the Spain Davis Cup team * Long Beach Armada, a professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California *

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada The Blainville-Boisbriand Armada is a junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, and plays its home games at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau. History The Armada st ...

, a junior ice hockey team based in Boisbriand, Quebec * Jacksonville Armada FC, a professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida

Transportation

* Mahindra Armada, an Indian SUV/MUV * Nissan Armada, a Japanese-American full-size SUV

Other uses

* Compaq Armada, a model of laptop computer * ''Armada'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae *

Armada (Bas-Lag) Bas-Lag is the fictional world in which several of English author China Miéville's novels are set. Bas-Lag is a world where both magic (referred to as "thaumaturgy") and steampunk technology exist, and is home to many intelligent races. It is in ...

, the name of a fictional floating city in China Miéville's novel ''The Scar'' * Armada (Capoeira), a move in the Brazilian martial art capoeira * Armada de Molucca, 1519 exploration fleet led by Ferdinand Magellan