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Art/Literary - History / History | | French term or phrase: naufrage de son Armada | | Charles - Quint tente d’envahir Alger en octobre 1641 et parvient à monter jusqu’à la colline qui domine la ville, appelée koudiat saboun (aujourd’hui les Tagarins), où il plantera sa tente et d’où il assistera au naufrage de son Armada qui mouille en face, à Tamenfoust. |
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1 hr confidence: the wrecking/destruction of his fleet
Explanation:
The attempt to take Algiers took place in 1541! Charles' fleet was so seriously damaged in a storm that the battle for the city, which looked almost over in his favour, was lost: "Les galères les plus proches de terre ne tiennent pas sur leurs grappins et 15 d’entre elles sont jetées à la côte, les naufragés sont aussitôt attaqués sur la plage par les troupes maures. Plus au large les vaisseaux et les navires de transport chassent eux aussi sur leurs ancres, nombre d’entre eux sont également drossés sur la plage, d’autres encore abordent ceux dont les ancres ont mieux tenu et coulent au milieu de la tourmente. L’estimation la plus basse des pertes s’élèvent à 86 bâtiments dont 40 à 50 grands vaisseaux." http://attarikh.over-blog.com/article-32411327.html
The word Armada is indicative of the Spanish fleet, but is so strongly associated with the 1588 rousting that I would stick to fleet.
Not wreckage, because that refers to one wrecked vessel. And we can't us shipwreck or sink, because many of the vessels broke up onshore.
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2 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1 sinking of his armada
Explanation:
"Sinking" is one of the acceptable translation of "naufrage," and is specifically used when referring to a fleet of warships that has been defeated in battle. The most common example, of course, is "the sinking of the Spanish Armada," or, as my second reference below refers to it, "THE PROVIDENTIAL GLORIOUS SINKING OF THE SPANISH ARMADA." [Caps in original]
I spelled "armada" with a lower-case because that's the spelling used when referring to any warfleet that's not the Spanish Armada (upper-case a).
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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-12-16 12:14:27 GMT)
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Correction: at the very end, I meant to say "upper-case a" rather than "lower-case a" in referring to the Spanish Armada. (Sorry.)
Reference: http://landmarksofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/07/sinking-of-sp...
Reference: http://blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/armada.htm
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