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But the histroian would have to say the English fleet against the Spainish armada in 1588
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Cryptik is right, the English hardly did anything against the Spanish fleet. The main problem was the winds, the Spanish had to divert (granted because of the English vessels) into the Netherland ports, once there the winds only blow NW. Since the Spanish vessels were the large ships of the line, they could not sail into the wind, so were forced to go over the Northern British coast, and then the storm hit. All the English really did was give them a few pinpricks, they guided themselves into the fire.