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 English withdrawal with heavy losses.; No Portuguese uprising; Spanish fleet retains capability to wage war;
Belligerents
England; Dutch Republic; Portuguese loyal to the Prior of Crato;	Iberian Union; Spain; Portugal;
Commanders and leaders
Elizabeth I; Robert Devereux; Francis Drake; John Norris; Prior of Crato;	Philip II; Coruña: Marques de Cerralbo; Álvaro Troncoso; María Pita; ; Lisbon: Count of Fuentes; Martín de Padilla; Alonso de Bazán; Duke of Braganza; ;
Strength
180+ ships; 27,667 men;	Four galleons; Unknown armed merchant vessels; 15,000 men;
Casualties and losses
11,000–18,000 killed, wounded or died of disease; 40 ships captured, sunk or scuttled;	900 dead or wounded; 3 galleons destroyed; 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.

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