Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given a context paragraph, a question based on that and corresponding answer of a question. Your task is to generate supporting fact/knowledge from context paragraph which helps in answering a given question.

HMS "Effingham" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned at Portsmouth in 1925, having had her construction halted for several years following the end of the First World War in 1918. She was named after Lord Howard of Effingham, one of the leaders of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada in 1587. Completed in 1925, the vessel saw action during the Second World War and was escorting a convoy to Norway in 1940 when she ran aground. The crew was evacuated and the cruiser destroyed by a torpedo from an accompanying destroyer. Question: What heavy class cruiser of the Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Armada? Answer: HMS "Effingham" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Effingham was a Hawkinsclass heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.