[PAR] [TLE] Spanish Armada [SEP] The Spanish Armada (Spanish: "Grande y Felicísima Armada" , literally "Great and Most Fortunate Navy") was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from La Coruña in August 1588, under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England.  The strategic aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and her establishment of Protestantism in England, with the expectation that this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish Netherlands and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering. [PAR] [TLE] HMS Effingham (D98) [SEP] HMS "Effingham" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.  She was commissioned at Portsmouth in 1925, having had her construction halted for several years following the end of the First World War in 1918.  She was named after Lord Howard of Effingham, one of the leaders of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1587.  Completed in 1925, the vessel saw action during the Second World War and was escorting a convoy to Norway in 1940 when she ran aground.  The crew was evacuated and the cruiser destroyed by a torpedo from an accompanying destroyer.
[PAR] [TLE] Spanish Armada [ SEP ] The Spanish Armada ( Spanish : " Grande y Felicísima Armada " , literally " Great and Most Fortunate Navy " ) was a Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed from La Coruña in August 1588 , under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia with the purpose of escorting an army from Flanders to invade England . The strategic aim was to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I and her establishment of Protestantism in England , with the expectation that this would put a stop to English interference in the Spanish Netherlands and to the harm caused to Spanish interests by English and Dutch privateering . [PAR] [TLE] HMS Effingham ( D98 ) [ SEP ] HMS " Effingham " was a " Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy . She was commissioned at Portsmouth in 1925 , having had her construction halted for several years following the end of the First World War in 1918 . She was named after Lord Howard of Effingham , one of the leaders of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1587 . Completed in 1925 , the vessel saw action during the Second World War and was escorting a convoy to Norway in 1940 when she ran aground . The crew was evacuated and the cruiser destroyed by a torpedo from an accompanying destroyer .
What heavy class cruiser of the Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Armada?
What heavy class cruiser of the Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Armada ?
HMS "Effingham" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.
HMS "Effingham" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.