Battle of Gravelines

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The Battle of Gravelines was a decisive 1588 naval engagement in which the English fleet badly damaged the Spanish Armada, contributing to the failure of Spain’s attempted invasion of England.

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Battle of Gravelines (1558) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle off Gravelines ⓘ
associatedWith Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

defense of Protestant England against Catholic Spain ⓘ
belligerent Kingdom of England ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
combatant English fleet ⓘ
Spanish Armada ⓘ
commander Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia ⓘ
Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ⓘ
Lord Henry Seymour ⓘ
Lord Thomas Howard ⓘ
Sir Francis Drake ⓘ
linked to: Francis Drake
conflict Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) ⓘ
countryWhoseCoastItWasNear Spanish Netherlands ⓘ
date 1588-07-29 ⓘ
dateOldStyle 1588-07-19 ⓘ
englishCasualties relatively light ⓘ
followedBy Spanish Armada retreat into the North Sea ⓘ
location North Sea ⓘ
off Gravelines, Flanders ⓘ
monarchOfEnglandAtTime Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
monarchOfSpainAtTime Philip II of Spain ⓘ
objective to prevent Spanish Armada from securing control of the English Channel ⓘ
to stop Spanish invasion of England ⓘ
outcome Spanish Armada badly damaged ⓘ
Spanish Armada forced to retreat north around Scotland and Ireland ⓘ
Spanish invasion attempt of England thwarted ⓘ
partOf Spanish Armada campaign ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Armada
precededBy English fireship attack at Calais roads ⓘ
result English victory ⓘ
shipTypeUsedByEnglish race-built galleons ⓘ
shipTypeUsedBySpanish armed merchantmen ⓘ
galleons ⓘ
significance contributed to long-term decline of Spanish naval supremacy ⓘ
marked turning point in the Spanish Armada campaign ⓘ
strengthened England’s position as an emerging naval power ⓘ
spanishCasualties heavy ⓘ
spanishShipsLostOrDamaged many ships damaged or rendered unseaworthy ⓘ
strategicGoalOfEngland to disrupt and destroy the Spanish Armada before it could link with invasion forces ⓘ
strategicGoalOfSpain to escort an invasion army from the Spanish Netherlands to England ⓘ
tacticalSituation English fleet to windward of Spanish Armada ⓘ
tacticsUsed close-range gunnery by English ships ⓘ
line-ahead formation by English fleet ⓘ
weatherRole winds favored English maneuverability ⓘ
year 1588 ⓘ

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Spanish Armada → significantEvent → Battle of Gravelines ⓘ
Italian Wars → significantEvent → Battle of Gravelines (1558) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gravelines
Martin Frobisher → participantIn → Battle of Gravelines ⓘ