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Quoting "Ms Brenda M. Cook" <[log in to unmask]>:
In spite of the undoubted courage and skill of
> the English sailors, the Armada was actually defeated by the weather, and
> the English saw this as divine favour.
>
--an oft repeated oversimplification. The English actually had naval
superiority--their canon outranged the Spanish. The English made better use of
the prevailing winds--a skill which comes from superior seamanship. The storm
merely wiped out the Spanish ships which survived the English. The idea that
God sent a storm to save the poor little English Navy began almost as soon as
the battle ended. --This information is in the naval histories of the period.
V. K. Inman --sorry, we're off into the renaissance again!
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