UK History: Chapter 7, Exercise 3 — Possible Solution
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COMPARISON
Spanish: 141 ships left Lisbon (10,138 sailors, 19,315 soldiers); 122 entered
the Channel. English: about 226 ships, of which 34 were Royal Navy.

WHAT THE FIGURES CANNOT TELL YOU
Ship counts do not show gun power, ship quality or seamanship. The source
says the English kept their distance to use superior cannon, which numbers
alone would not reveal. They also do not explain the weather's part, which the
chapter did not cover.