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- ↑ "El Gran Grifon: Stroms Heelor, Fair Isle, North Sea". Canmore. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
- ↑ "The Wreck of El Gran Grifón". The Scotsman. 14 February 2005. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Ken Douglas (25 September 2009). The Downfall of the Spanish Armada in Ireland: The Grand Armada Lost on the Irish Coast in 1588. Gill Books. ISBN 978-0-7171-5149-3.
- ↑ Martin, Colin J. M. (1975). Full Fathom Five: Wrecks of the Spanish Armada. New York: Viking. pp. 156–187. ISBN 978-0-670-33193-2.