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Sinking of San Salvador
The San Salvador suddenly explodes while proceeding up the Channel. Sunk with 15,000 ducats & 418 sailors & soldiers. Falls to Drake's galleons while being chased up the Channel
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The San Salvador suddenly explodes while proceeding up the Channel. Sunk with 15,000 ducats & 418 sailors & soldiers. Falls to Drake's galleons while being chased up the Channel
San Salvador was crippled by an accidental magazine explosion during the Armada's Channel passage and subsequently fell into English hands.
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