Remember the Spanish Armada returning from England were destroyed by what was thought to have been a hurricane.
Interesting... I was taught that it was a "storm from hell", at least that's what my high school history teacher said. Of course, way back then, in Spain, I never thought of a hurricane. To my shame, after 21 years in South Carolina, having lived through Hugo, I never thought the "storm from hell" could have been a hurricane. I reckon we'll never know, but it makes a lot of sense.