Armada is the Spanish and Portuguese word for

naval fleet A fleet or naval fleet is a large formation of warships – the largest formation in any navy – controlled by one leader. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land. Purpose In the modern sense, fleets are usually, but no ...

. Armáda is the Czech and Slovak word for

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. Armada may also refer to:

Military

Explorations and military campaigns

Portuguese India Armadas The Portuguese Indian Armadas (; meaning "Armadas of India") were the fleets of ships funded by the Crown of Portugal, and dispatched on an annual basis from Kingdom of Portugal, Portugal to Portuguese India, India. The principal destination w ...

(''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 Armadas, 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 Discovery of Brazil, discovered Brazil ...

* 3rd Portuguese India Armada (Nova, 1501) *

4th Portuguese India Armada (Gama, 1502) The 4th Portuguese India Armada was a Portuguese fleet that sailed from Lisbon in February, 1502. Assembled on the order of King Manuel I of Portugal and placed under the command of Vasco da Gama, it was the fourth of some thirteen Portuguese Ind ...

5th Portuguese India Armada (Albuquerque, 1503) The Fifth Portuguese India Armadas, 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 ...

* 6th Portuguese India Armada (Albergaria, 1504) *

7th Portuguese India Armada (Almeida, 1505) The Seventh Portuguese India Armadas, 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 List of colonial heads of Portuguese India, Viceroy of ...

Military campaigns

Spanish Armada The Spanish Armada (often known as Invincible Armada, or the Enterprise of England, ) was a Spanish fleet that sailed from Lisbon in late May 1588, commanded by Alonso de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia, an aristocrat without previous naval ...

or Great Armada, an unsuccessful attempted invasion of England by Spain in 1588 *

English Armada The English Armada (), also known as the Counter Armada, Drake–Norris Expedition, Portugal Expedition, was an attack fleet sent against Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England that sailed on 28 April 1589 during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish W ...

or Counter Armada, an unsuccessful English naval campaign in 1589 aimed at capturing Lisbon and other coastal towns from Spain *

2nd Spanish Armada The Second 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 Phi ...

, a second unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England in 1596 *

3rd Spanish Armada The Third Spanish Armada, also known as the Spanish Armada of 1597, was involved in a major naval event that took place between 18 October and 15 November 1597 as part of the Anglo–Spanish War.Graham pp. 212–213 The attack of the armada, wh ...

, a third unsuccessful Spanish invasion of England in 1597 *

4th Spanish Armada The Fourth Spanish Armada, also known as the Last Armada, was a military expedition sent to Ireland that took place between August 1601 and March 1602 towards the end of Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604), Anglo-Spanish war. The armada – the fou ...

, a fourth unsuccessful Spanish invasion, this time via Ireland in 1601 *

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 Wa ...

, an unsuccessful attempt to invade England by France and Spain in 1779

Ships

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

Armed forces

* , the

Spanish Navy The Spanish Navy, officially the Armada, is the Navy, maritime branch of the Spanish Armed Forces and one of the oldest active naval forces in the world. The Spanish Navy was responsible for a number of major historic achievements in navigation ...

* , the

Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela The Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela (), commonly known as the Venezuelan Navy, is the naval branch of the National Bolivarian Armed Forces of Venezuela. The Venezuelan Navy serves the purpose of defending the naval sovereignty of Venezuela, includ ...

* ''Armáda České republiky'', the

Military of the Czech Republic The Czech Armed Forces (), also known as the Czech Army, are the military responsible for the defence of the Czech Republic as the main part of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic (). The Czech Armed Forces led by the General Staff consis ...

* , the

Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy () is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense (Chile), Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Ori ...

* , the

Ecuadorian Navy The Ecuadorian Navy () is an Ecuadorian entity responsible for the surveillance and protection of national maritime territory and has a personnel of 9,400 men to protect a coastline of 2,237 km which reaches far into the Pacific Ocean. The v ...

* , the

Colombian National Armada The Colombian Navy, officially the Colombian National Navy (), also known as the ''"Armada Nacional"'' or just the ''"Armada"'' in Spanish, is the naval branch of the military forces of Colombia. The Navy is responsible for security and defence ...

* , the

Portuguese Navy The Portuguese Navy (), also known as the Portuguese War Navy (''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'') or as the Portuguese Armada (''Armada Portuguesa''), is the navy of the Portuguese Armed Forces. Chartered in 1317 by King Dinis of Portugal, it is ...

* , the

Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; ). 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 Argentine Army, Army and the Argentine ...

* , the

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy () is one of the components of the Mexican Armed Forces. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of administration of the navy. The commander of the navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career ...

* , a subdivision of the Spanish Navy assigned to the Windward Islands during the 1700s * (Western Fleet Command) and (Eastern Fleet Command), fleets of the

Indonesian Navy The Indonesian Navy (, TNI-AL) is the Navy, naval branch of the Indonesian National Armed Forces. It was founded on 10 September 1945 and has a role to patrol Indonesia's lengthy coastline, to enforce and patrol the territorial waters and Exclus ...

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''Armada'' (album), an album by black metal band Keep of Kalessin *

The Armada (band) __NOTOC__ The Armada were a three-piece rock band based in Cork, Ireland fronted by Jeff Martin, formerly of The Tea Party. The band was formed when Jeff Martin and Wayne Sheehy met in an Irish pub. The two hit it off immediately and soon sta ...

, a band formed by ex-The Tea Party lead singer Jeff Martin *

Armada Music Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. Armada Music was founded on 1 June 2003 by Dutch producer Armin van Buuren, Dutch business executive Maykel Piron, and music manager David ...

, a music label created by Armin van Buuren *

La Armada La Armada is a Dominican-American band formed in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2001 and based in Chicago since 2008. They play hardcore punk and metal that incorporates traditional Caribbean beats, a style they refer to as "Latino Hardc ...

, Dominican-American hardcore punk band

Gaming

* ''Armada'' (video game), a video game * '' Star Trek: Armada'', a ''Star Trek'' video game * '' Wing Commander: Armada'', a video game by Origin Systems * '' Battlefleet Gothic: Armada'', a ''Warhammer 40,000'' game

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), a division of Acclaim Comics Inc., which published licensed own properties * Armada Books, a defunct publishing house

Television

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

Businesses

* Armada (company), a company that produces alpine skis and outerwear * Armada Centre, shopping centre in Plymouth, England

People

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

23-F A coup d'état was attempted in Spain in February 1981 by elements of the Civil Guard (Spain), Civil Guard and the Spanish Armed Forces, Spanish military. The failure of the coup marked the last serious attempt to revert Spain to a Francoist gov ...

attempted coup *

Juan Armada y Losada Juan Armada y Losada (May 4, 1861, in Madrid – September 22, 1932, in Abegondo) was a Spanish politician. He was the 29th Solicitor General of Spain, acting President of the Congress of Deputies, Minister of Development and Minister of Just ...

(1861–1932), Spanish politician

Places

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

Sports teams

* Armada Rijeka, a football-fan club from Rijeka, Croatia * ''La Armada'', a nickname for the

Spain Davis Cup team The Spain men's national tennis team has represented Spain internationally since 1920. Organised by the Real Federación Española de Tenis (RFET), it is one of the 50 members of International Tennis Federation's European association (Tennis Euro ...

Long Beach Armada The Long Beach Armada were an independent professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California, in the United States. The Armada was a member of the North Division of the now-defunct Golden Baseball League (GBL), which was not affiliated ...

, a professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California *

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

, a junior ice hockey team based in Boisbriand, Quebec *

Jacksonville Armada FC Jacksonville Armada FC is an American professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They were founded in 2013 as an expansion franchise in the North American Soccer League (NASL), the second tier of American soccer, and played unt ...

, a professional soccer team based in Jacksonville, Florida

Transportation

* Mahindra Armada, an Indian SUV/MUV *

Nissan Armada The Nissan Armada (originally badged as the Nissan Pathfinder Armada) is a full-size SUV manufactured by Nissan for the North American market. From 2003 to 2015, the first-generation Armada was assembled in Canton, Mississippi based on the Ni ...

, a Japanese-American full-size SUV

Other uses

* Armada (Bas-Lag), 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'' (moth), a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae * Armada de Molucca, a 1519 exploration fleet led by Ferdinand Magellan *

Compaq Armada Armada is a discontinued line of business laptops by Compaq. They started as a more affordable version of the Compaq Contura, Contura line, but after that, they replaced Contura as a mainstream laptop line, and then the high-end Compaq LTE line w ...

, a model of laptop computer

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