The Spanish Armada - In Our Time (BBC Radio 4) - Melvyn Bragg

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On May 28th, 1588, a fleet of a hundred and fifty-one Spanish ships set out from Lisbon, bound for England. Its mission was to transport a huge invasion force .\r
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