Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: The Armada yakatanga kuonekwa neChirungu kubva kuLizard Point, muCornwall, musi wa19 Chikunguru, uye kurwisana kwekutanga kwakaitika kubva kuPlymouth musi wa21 Chikunguru. Mumaawa mana vaSpanish vakapfura pfuti 720 uye vaEngland 2,000, asi hapana kana divi rimwe rakakuvadzwa chaizvo. Mukurwisana nePortland Bill musi wa 23 July, pfuti dzinenge 5 000 dzakapfurwa nezvikepe zvaikwikwidzana. Kurasikirwa kwevaSpain kwakanga kuri vanenge 50 vakaurawa uye 70 vakakuvadzwa. Mushure mekumwe kurwisana paIsle of Wight musi wa24 Chikunguru, uko Armada yakarasikirwa nevamwe varume makumi mashanu vakaurayiwa, Medina Sedonia akaenda kuCalais kunozadza hupfu hwake husina chinhu uye akapfura masheya kubva kumatura emidziyo yeParma. Zvisinei, Parma, yakanga yakavharirwa muBruges nengarava 60 dzechiDutch, haina kukwanisa kuuya kuzobatsira Armada. Pashure pokurwisana neEngland paGravelines, Armada yakashaya zvombo. VaSpain vakanga vashandisa mabhora epfuti 125 000 kurwisa vaEngland. Somugumisiro, mutungamiriri weSpain akasarudza kudzokera kuSpain nokuenda kuchamhembe akapoteredza Scotland neIreland. Ngarava dzeSpain dzakaparadzirwa nemadutu; zvavakanga vakatakura zvakapera, uye vakawanda vevaya vakasvika muIreland vakaurayiwa nemauto eEngland. Inenge hafu bedzi yezvikepe yakasvika kumusha. Uye
Armada yeEngland yakatumwa kuzoparadza chiteshi chengarava paA Coruña muna 1589 iyo pachayo yakakurirwa nengarava 40 dzakanyudzwa uye varume 15 000 vakarasikirwa. Muna October 1596, imwe Armada yakasiya Lisbon. Ngarava dzokupinda nadzo dzaiva 126 uye dzaiva nevaSpanish 9 000 nevaPutukezi 3 000. Royal Navy yakanga isina kugadzirira, asi England yakaponeswa nemakungwa ane dutu ayo akaparadza ngarava 72 uye akanyudza vafambisi vengarava navauto 3.000. Gore rakatevera racho, muna October 1597, imwezve Armada yakatumirwa, asi iyiwo yakadzoserwa.