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Wikipedia: The Spanish Armada was the Spanish fleet that sailed against England under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, with the intention of overthrowing Elizabeth I of England. Philip II of Spain had been co-monarch of England until the death of his wife Mary I in 1558. A devout Roman Catholic, he considered his Protestant half sister-in-law Elizabeth a heretic and illegitimate ruler of England.
![[Signal station built in 1588 above the Devon village of Culmstock, to warn when the Armada was sighted]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CulmstockBeacon_s.jpg "Signal station built in 1588 above the Devon village of Culmstock, to warn when the Armada was sighted"){kind=tracking}
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![[A plaque in the Spanish Barn.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Spanish_Barn_plaque_2C_Torquay_s.jpg "A plaque in the Spanish Barn.")
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![[The Spanish Barn in Torquay held 397 Spanish prisoners of war.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/The_Spanish_Barn_2C_Torquay_s.jpg "The Spanish Barn in Torquay held 397 Spanish prisoners of war.")
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![[Philip II of Spain c. 1580, National Portrait Gallery, London.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Philip_II_2C_King_of_Spain_from_NPG_s.jpg "Philip II of Spain c. 1580, National Portrait Gallery, London.")
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