Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo yeEngland neSpain yakanga yave ichienderera kweanenge makore gumi; nyika dzeSpain, ngarava dzehondo, uye vatengesi vaivhiringidzwa nevasori veEngland. Mazhinji eaya akarayirwa naMambokadzi Elizabeth I asi akati wandei akaitwawo semabhizimisi akabatana akafanana neEnglish Armada
. Muna 1595 imwe nzendo yakadaro yakanga iri iya yaAmyas Preston naGeorge Sommers nengarava dzavo dzevatengesi "Ascension", "Gift", "Julian" uye "Darling" (yaiva yaSir Walter Raleigh), "Angel", uye pini inonzi "Delight". Chinangwa chendangariro chaiva chokubatira pamwe nebasa raRaleigh rokutsvakurudza mugore rimwe chetero paTrinidad neGuyana mutariro yokuwana El Dorado, pamwe chete nokuzvipira kuderera kweamphibious muSpain yose. Nokuda kwechinangwa ichi vakanga vane simba rokubva mugungwa revarume 300, vazhinji vavo vakanga vari varwi vane unyanzvi veuto reEngland vakanga varwa navaSpain muHolland neFrance. Preston akazviitira zita munguva yehondo yokurwisana neArmada yeSpain muna 1588. Somers akatanga kuzivikanwa nevoruzhinji apo, achienda kuSpain achitungamirira "Flibcote", uye aine dzimwe ngarava nhatu, akaunza kumba mibayiro yeSpain inokosha £8,000.