Naval Victory depended on what crucial element spanish armada

Relied on the skills of their gunners.

Explanation:

Howard and Drake kept their distance and tried, depending on the abilities of their gunners, to bomb the Spanish flotilla with their heavy naval guns. Though they managed to kill some of the Spanish ships, the half-moon defensive formation of the Armada was unable to penetrate.

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