After re-construction in 1551, in August 1557 the ship was one of a fleet of 12 that unsuccessfully assaulted the town of Kirkwall on Orkney, landing troops and six field guns on Orkney to attack the castle of Kirkwall, St. Magnus Cathedral and the Bishop's Palace.
English | English language | English people | English Civil War | English Channel | Old English | Oxford English Dictionary | Queen Mary | Mary | English studies | Mary, Queen of Scots | Mary I of England | English literature | Mary J. Blige | Mary Shelley | Mary Poppins | Mary Pickford | Mary of Teck | English Heritage | Middle English | English modal verbs | RMS Queen Mary | English Reformation | 1993–94 in English football | American English | Mary Magdalene | Mary Robinson | 1996–97 in English football | Al Jazeera English | Mary Landrieu |