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The Spanish Armada set sail for England. 130 Warships
The Spanish Armada, comissioned by King Phillip II, set sail for England -
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A Timeline of the short-lived Spanish Armada -
The English spot the Spanish Armada.
They give chase, up the channel -
The Armada dock in Calais.
The English send fireships,the Armada panics. -
English Ships attack the Armada in Gravelines
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Some Spanish soldiers dessert the fleet
The leave to the Netherlands -
The Armada tries to sail back to England
They do this by sailing North of Scotland, but fail from bad weather -
A number of Spanish ships are wrecked
In the waters of Ireland and Scotland by bad weeather. -
Only a small number of the Armada return to Spain
Huzzah for terrible british weather