西班牙艦隊(西班牙語:Grande y Felicísima Armada或Armada Invencible,即最幸運的艦隊或不可擊敗的艦隊、無敵艦隊)為16世紀後期著名的海上艦隊,是由西班牙國王腓力二世在1588年所派出,意圖征服英格蘭卻失敗的艦隊。無敵艦隊之役是英西戰爭中其中一個大型的戰役,也是戰爭過程之中第一個侵略性攻擊意圖。這場戰爭同時也是英國歷史中最有名的戰爭。在格瑞福蘭海戰(Battle of Gravelines)中,西班牙船艦被法蘭西斯·德雷克所領導的英國海軍用秘密武器即八艘火船擊散。
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Garrett Mattingly rejects old estimations, makes a recount and concludes: "So, lost, at most, 31 ships (not 41), 10 pinnaces at most (not 20), two galleasses (not three), one galley. Total, not more than 44 (not 65), probably five or six and perhaps a doze less." Mattingly, Garrett: The Armada. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. ISBN9780395083666, p. 426.
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