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In 1588, the King of Spain sent an enormous fleet to transport Spanish soldiers to the Netherlands. The Netherlands were the property of Spain, but the people had rebelled against the Spanish King. England was determined to prevent this invasion and met the Spanish fleet in the English channel with English warships. This was the Battle of the Spanish Armada. They broke up the Spanish fleet and sent it fleeing up the channel north, around Scotland and then individual ships finally sailed south back to Spain. Most Spanish ships did not make this journey and crashed on the west of England. There was great loss of life and a great victory for the commander Lord Hawke and Queen Elizabeth I.
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