<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish Armada </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Part of the Anglo - Spanish War (1585--1604) and the Eighty Years' War </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> The Spanish Armada and English ships in August 1588, (unknown, 16th - century, English School) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Td> July--August 1588 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> North - west Europe </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Result </Th> <Td> <P> Decisive Spanish defeat </P> <Ul> <Li> Militarily indecisive </Li> <Li> Spanish invasion failure </Li> <Li> Protestant propaganda victory </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Belligerents </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kingdom of England Dutch Republic </Td> <Td> Iberian Union (Habsburg Spain) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Commanders and leaders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Lord Howard of Effingham Francis Drake John Hawkins Justinus van Nassau </Td> <Td> Duke of Medina Sidonia Juan Martínez de Recalde Duke of Parma </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Strength </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 warships 163 armed merchant vessels (30 over 200 tons) 30 flyboats </Td> <Td> 22 galleons of Portugal and Castile, 108 armed merchant vessels (including 4 war galleasses of Naples) 2,431 artillery pieces </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Casualties and losses </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Battle of Gravelines: 50--100 dead 400 wounded 8 fireships burnt Disease: 6,000--8,000 dead </Td> <Td> Battle of Gravelines: Over 600 dead 800 wounded 397 captured 5 ships sunk or captured Overall: ~ 35 ships lost (10 scuttled) 20,000 dead </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Spanish Armada </Th> </Tr>

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