English Armada

English Armada
Part of the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604)
Map of the English Armada campaigns
Date April - July 1589 Location A Coruña – Lisbon, Iberian Coast (modern Spain (Galicia), and Portugal) Bay of Biscay Result Spanish victory[2][3]
Belligerents
England Dutch Republic Portuguese loyal to the Prior of Crato	Iberian Union Spain Portugal[1]
Commanders and leaders
Elizabeth I Robert Devereux Francis Drake John Norris Prior of Crato	Philip II/I Coruña: Marques de Cerralbo Álvaro Troncoso María Pita Lisbon: Count of Fuentes Martín de Padilla Alonso de Bazán Duke of Braganza
Strength
180+ ships[4] 27,667 men[4]	Four galleons Unknown armed merchant vessels 15,000 men
Casualties and losses
11,000[5]–18,000 killed, drowned or died of disease[6][7][8][9] 40 ships captured, sunk or scuttled[10][6][7]	900 dead or wounded 3 galleons destroyed[11] 13 merchant ships

The English Armada (Spanish: Invencible Inglesa, lit. 'English Invincible'), also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake–Norris Expedition, was an attack fleet sent against Spain by Queen Elizabeth I of England that sailed on 28 April 1589 during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War. Led by Sir Francis Drake as admiral and Sir John Norris as general, it failed to drive home the advantage that England had gained resulting from the failure of the Spanish Armada in the previous year. The Spanish victory marked a revival of Philip II's naval power through the next decade.^[12]