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At the Battle of Gravelines the English lost 50 to 100 dead and 400 wounded. Further to this over 8000 subsequently died from disease. The Spanish losses at the battle were over 600 dead, 800 wounded, 400 captured (5 ships were sunk) From storms and disease 51 ships were wrecked, 10 were scuttled and over 20,000 died

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How many people died in the spanish armada?

Figures vary, but over 20,000 soldiers and sailors were killed


Did queen Elizabeth win any wars?

Yes she did. Her English army technically won the Spanish Armada but they didn't really do much to them as it was the wind that defeated the Armada. The Armada had seen the English fire ships and had panicked and tried to flee but the wind had battered their ships and drowned most of the Spanish and any survivors that washed up in Scotland was killed.


What are facts about the spanish armada?

-130 ships in their fleet - formation of a crescent - defensive as larger ships were on the wings and centre- many cannons on the ships were not affective as they were at least 1/2 century old and had inefficient gun mountings


Who won the Spanish Armada and why?

The Spanish Armada was defeated by the British for a number of reasons. Principal was that the smaller British ships were able to get in close under the Spanish guns to do the damage.The Spanish Armada was defeated by the British for a number of reasons. Principal was that the smaller British ships were able to get in close under the Spanish guns to do the damage. Also Spain did not communicate with Parma's army well, which resulted in them not been bale to assist them, without Parma spains heavy ships were not match fro England. Spain chose a commander who had never been in a naval battle and who was not a salior. He made many mistaakes


Why did the Spanish Armada occur?

To find as many soldiers and fight England but England's focus was on the skills of the soldiers not as many as they could find and that's how we defeated them. The Duke of Sidonia was charged with Execution of Elizabeth Execution of all protestants Replace the English language with Spanish