"Sink me the ship, Master Gunner - sink her, split her in twain!
Fall into the hands of God, not into the hands of Spain!"

By the bye it was Sir Richard Grenville, not Lord Grenville, the decision to fight was forced upon him because the number of crew he had ashore when the Spaniards were sighted.

As for, "He helped win a lengthy naval campaign by dying for his country." Sir Richard Grenville's actions didn't affect the outcome one jot by dying for his country, what he did do was lose one of Elizabeths best warships. Lord Thomas Howard of Effingham did more to ensure English naval supremacy over the Spanish by fleeing, thus saving his ships which enabled them to fight another day.

While allied soldiers died LH, more Germans died perfectly illustrating and lending weight to what General George S Patton said.