Did the Spanish rule the sea in the 1400s? They didn't have full control of the peninsula until 1492. The US frigates had a good record against British frigate

Did the Spanish rule the sea in the 1400s? They didn't have full control of the peninsula until 1492. The US frigates had a good record against British frigates in the War of 1812, but they couldn't have fought a major engagement with the Royal Navy. The privateers were tremendously effective then.