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On July 12 1588 the legendary Spanish Armada headed for the English Channel The Spanish plan was to take this invasion led by the Duke of Parma to the coast of southeast England where they would be unleashed to conquer Elizabethan England for Spains King Philip II and Catholic Christendom The Armada included over 150 ships 8000 sailors and 18000 soldiers and it boasted a firepower of 1500 brass guns and 1000 iron guns Just leaving port itself took the entire Armada two days