Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan shan kashi na Armada, Hawkins ya bukaci a kwace dukiyar mulkin mallaka na Philip II, don dakatar da Spain sake sakewa. A shekara ta 1589, Hawkins ya yi tafiya tare da Francis Drake a cikin wani babban aikin soja (Drake & Norris Expedition
) Ya ce: Ɗaya daga cikin maƙasudansa shi ne ya kama jiragen ruwan Spain da ke ɗauke da dukiya da suka bar Mexico. Wani mataki mai mahimmanci zai iya tilasta Philip II zuwa teburin tattaunawa kuma ya guje wa shekaru goma sha huɗu na ci gaba da yaƙi. Maimakon haka, tafiya ta kasa kuma Sarki ya iya amfani da ɗan gajeren lokaci don sake gina sojojinsa na ruwa kuma, a ƙarshen 1589, Spain ta sake samun rundunar jiragen ruwa na Atlantic da ke da karfi don ya jagoranci jiragen ruwa na Amurka zuwa gida.