Cika wannan jumla: A shekara mai zuwa Ingilishi ya kaddamar da
Counter Armada, tare da mutane 23,375 da jiragen ruwa 150 a karkashin Sir Francis Drake, amma an kashe dubban mutane, suka ji rauni ko suka mutu daga cutar kuma jiragen ruwa 40 sun nutse ko aka kama su. Ƙoƙarin sake dawo da Sarautar Portuguese daga Spain bai yi nasara ba, kuma an rasa damar da za a yi nasara a kan sojojin Spain da suka raunana. Rashin nasarar tafiyar ya rage albarkatun kuɗi na baitulmalin Ingila, wanda aka sake dawo da shi a hankali a lokacin dogon mulkin Elizabeth I.