Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 'Yan Ingila sun fara ganin Armada a Lizard Point, a Cornwall, a ranar 19 ga Yuli, kuma an fara farautar Plymouth a ranar 21 ga Yuli. A cikin sa'o'i huɗu Mutanen Espanya sun harba harsashi 720 kuma Ingilishi ya harbe harsashi 2,000, amma ba a yi mummunan lalacewa ba a kowane bangare. A cikin fada da Portland Bill a ranar 23 ga Yuli, kimanin mutane 5,000 ne aka kashe su. Mutanen Espanya sun rasa rayukansu kimanin 50 da aka kashe da 70 da suka ji rauni. Bayan wani gwagwarmaya a Isle of Wight a ranar 24 ga Yuli, wanda Armada ya rasa wasu mutane 50 da aka kashe, Medina Sedonia ya jagoranci Calais don sake cika farar hula da kuma harbe-harbe daga Parma. Parma, duk da haka, an kewaye shi a Bruges ta jiragen ruwa 60 na Dutch, ba zai iya zuwa taimakon Armada ba. Bayan wani rikici tare da Ingilishi daga Gravelines, Armada ya fita daga bindigogi. Mutanen Espanya sun kashe harsasai 125,000 a kan Ingilishi. Sakamakon haka, kwamandan Mutanen Espanya ya yanke shawarar komawa Spain ta hanyar arewacin Scotland da Ireland. Guguwa ta watsar da jiragen ruwan Spain; kayayyakinsu sun ƙare, kuma sojojin Ingila sun kashe mutane da yawa da suka sauka a Ireland. Kusan rabin rundunar ne kawai suka isa gida. Rundunar Sojojin Ingila
An tura shi don halakar da tashar jiragen ruwa a A Coruña a 1589 an ci nasara da kansa tare da jirgi 40 da aka nutsar da mutane 15,000. A watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1596, wani jirgin ruwa ya bar birnin Lisbon. Jirgin ruwan mamayewar ya kai jiragen ruwa 126 kuma ya ɗauki 'yan Spain 9,000 da kuma' yan Portugal 3,000. Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal ba ta shirya ba, amma an ceci Ingila ta hanyar hadari na teku wanda ya hallaka jiragen ruwa 72 kuma ya nutsar da 'yan ruwa da sojoji 3,000. A shekara ta gaba, a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1597, an sake aika da wani jirgin ruwa, amma wannan ma ya sake fashewa.