Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ranar Laraba 17 ga Afrilu 1589 (duk da cewa wata majiya ta ba da ranar tashi a ranar 18 ga Afrilu), Norreys ya tashi tare da Drake a kan jagorancin rundunar sojoji 23,000 masu karfi (wanda ya hada da sojoji 19,000 kuma yanzu ana kiranta da Turanci Armada) a kan manufa don lalata jigilar kayayyaki a gabar tekun Spain da kuma sanya mai neman kambin Portugal, Prior of Crato, a kan kursiyin. Corunna ya yi mamaki, kuma ƙananan ɓangaren garin ya ƙone kamar yadda sojojin Norreys suka ci nasara da karfi na 8,000. Edward ya ji rauni sosai a wani hari a kan O Burgo, kuma rayuwarsa ta sami ceto ne kawai ta hanyar ƙarfin ɗan'uwansa. Sa'an nan kuma Norreys ya kai hari Lisbon, amma abokan gaba sun ƙi yin hulɗa da shi, ba shi da wani zaɓi sai dai ya koma teku. Rashin wadataccen kayan aiki da kuma aikinsa ya rage ta hanyar cutar da mutuwa, Norreys ya watsar da manufa ta biyu na kai hari ga Azores, kuma rundunar ta fara komawa Ingila. A farkon Yuli 1589 (Wingfield ya ba da kwanan wata 5 ga Yuli) duk rukunin aikin sun isa gida, wasu sun sauka a Plymouth, wasu a Portsmouth da wasu a London, ba su sami nasara ba. Wannan "Turanci Armada
", saboda haka ƙoƙari ne da ba a yi nasara ba don matsawa nasarar nasarar Armada ta Spain da kuma kawo yakin zuwa tashar jiragen ruwa na arewacin Spain da Lisbon.