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England in fact was no sea power at all when king Henry VIII. mounted the throne in 1509 as he had only 3 ill-armed battleships in that particular year. When he died in 1547 the English fleet consisted of 70 well-armed battleships. Henry VIII. lay the basis for the English sea power, the Royal Navy won the glorious victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588, this victory would not have been possible without the preparative work of Henry VIII...

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They began a trading company called the "East India Trading Company" and started a war with France which was referred to as the Second Hundred Years' War. This brought on the empire to make a great Navy.

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