Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1589, ya shiga cikin Armada na Turanci na Francis Drake
, wanda ya tashi zuwa Spain a cikin wani yunƙurin da bai yi nasara ba don matsawa gidan Ingilishi bayan shan kashi na Armada na Spain, kodayake Sarauniya ta umurce shi da kada ya shiga. A shekara ta 1591, aka ba shi umurnin rundunar da aka aika don su taimaki Sarki Henry na huɗu na Faransa. A shekara ta 1596, ya bambanta kansa ta hanyar kama Cádiz. A lokacin tafiyar tsibirin Islands zuwa Azores a shekara ta 1597, tare da Walter Raleigh a matsayin mataimakinsa, ya yi watsi da umarnin Sarauniya, yana bin jirgin ruwa na dukiyar Mutanen Espanya ba tare da ya fara kayar da jirgin ruwan yakin Mutanen Espanya ba.