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From a small defeat at the Battle of Gravelines, the Spanish ships were defeated by bad weather and storms whilst sailing round the British Isles trying to return to Spain. 65 ships lost and something like 20,000 men

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It is 'Armada', the word means naval fleet in Spanish and Portugese

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