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Introduction
| Spain v England
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| Map: The Spanish Armada
At the height of summer 1588, a huge Spanish fleet known to this day as the Armada sailed to England with the aim of collecting an army from Low Countries (then under Spanish rule) and invading the 'rogue state' of England.
The Ulster Museum in Belfast has a fabulous collection of finds from one of the wrecks from the Spanish Armada.
The Armada
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