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| A detail of a portrait of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia. The Duke was a key player in the Armada conflict of 1588, as he was the commander-in-chief of the Spanish fleet. |
On this day in Elizabethan history 1588, the English attacked the invading Spanish Armada in the Battle of the Gravelines. Gravelines was a port in Flanders, and thus part of the Spanish Netherlands. The battle lasted 8 hours, and Queen Elizabeth I's navy sank 3 ships before driving the rest away. The engagement resulted in an important English victory.
