the sea dogs had letters of marque that led to their defeat of the spanish armada.
the sea dogs had letters of marque that led to their defeat of the spanish armada.
what did the sea dogs have that led to their defeat of the spanish armada?
letters of marque
the sea dogs were essentially a military branch that were authorised by the queen to attack the spanish fleet and loot their ships in order to bring back riches and treasure. they carried "letters of marque" which made their plundering of spanish ships legal under english law despite not being at war. the sea dogs were started in 1560 as a way to bridge the gap between the spanish navy and the english navy. by having a small fleet of ships that would sail around and pick off spanish ships, risking their lives and own ships in the process, they were able to reduce the funds and size of the spanish navy significantly. the sea dogs continued carrying out raids against the spanish until 1604 when england and spain made peace. after that, many of the sea dogs continued as pirates employed by the barbary states, in what would become the anglo-turkish piracy in the caribbean.
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