Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Armada yakatanga kuonekwa nemaChirungu paLizard Point, muCornwall, musi wa19 July, uye kurwisana kwokutanga kwakaitika paPlymouth musi wa21 July. 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. Ngarava dzeEngland
rakatumwa kunoparadza chiteshi chengarava paA Coruña muna 1589 rakakundwa naro rimene nengarava 40 dzakanyura 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.