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Spanish Navy
Armada is the official way to refer to the Spanish Navy. The Armada has a
history of sucess, begining with the discovering of America by Cristobal Colón, or Christopher Colombus, in 1492.
In 1588 Philip II sent a massive naval armada to invade
England. The English, however, with the help of the weather and the Dutch, dispersed
and destroyed the Spanish fleet. See Spanish Armada for more
details.
Today's Armada is a modern navy with ships as aircraft carriers, modern frigates (F-100
class) with the Aegis system, F-80 frigates, F-70 frigates, Anphibious ships and plenty of other smaller ships, including a
oceanographic research ship. Spanish Marine Corps, called Infantería de Marina belongs to Armada too.
Armada can refer to the following:
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