Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1580s, rikici a cikin Netherlands ya jawo Ingila zuwa yaƙi da Spain, yana haifar da ƙarin barazana ga jigilar kayayyaki na Spain. Ƙoƙarin kawar da wannan barazanar ya haifar da mummunan yunƙurin mamaye Ingila a 1588, duk da haka, bala'in Armada na Turanci
A shekara mai zuwa ya yi nasarar dawo da daidaito tsakanin masu yaƙi. Rashin nasarar 1588 ya haifar da sake fasalin ayyukan jiragen ruwa. Rundunar sojan ruwa a wannan lokacin ba aiki guda daya bane amma ta kunshi rundunonin jiragen ruwa daban-daban, wadanda akasari suka hada da 'yan kasuwa masu dauke da makamai tare da rakiyar jiragen ruwa na masarauta. Armada fiasco ya nuna wani juyin juya hali a cikin yakin basasa, inda bindigogi ya fi muhimmanci fiye da ramming da kuma shiga kuma don haka jiragen ruwa na Spain suna sanye da makamai masu linzami na musamman. A lokacin 1590s, fadada wadannan jiragen ruwa ya ba da damar karuwa sosai a kasuwancin kasashen waje da kuma karuwa mai yawa a cikin shigo da kayan alatu da azurfa. Duk da haka, rashin isasshen tsaro na tashar jiragen ruwa ya ba da damar rundunar Anglo-Dutch ta mamaye Cadiz a shekara ta 1596, kuma duk da cewa ba ta yi nasara ba a burinta na kama azurfa daga jerin gwano da aka dawo, ya sami damar haifar da babbar illa ga birnin. An inganta tsaron tashar jiragen ruwa a Cadiz kuma duk ƙoƙari na sake maimaita harin a cikin ƙarni masu zuwa zai kasa.