Were english mariners of the elizabethan era employed by the queen to harass the spanish fleets and establish a foothold in the new world. a. knights b. sea dogs c. the armada d. pirates

The Sea Dogs were a group of adventurers, men like Francis Drake and John Hawkins, who attacked and looted Spanish merchant ships carrying gold and silver from the New World. In 1562, Elizabeth dispatched Drake and Hawkins to raid Spanish ports in the Americas and to pillage Spanish and Portuguese ships off the coast of Africa.