The Invincible Fleet. The Spanish Armada was the fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588 with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth 1 of England to stop the English involvement in the Spanish Netherlands and English privateering in the Atlantic and the Pacific.

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The Invincible Fleet. The Spanish Armada was the fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588 with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth 1 of England to stop the English involvement in the Spanish Netherlands and English privateering in the Atlantic and the Pacific.

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