The English Armada.also known as the Counter Armada or the Drake—Norris expedition, was an attack fleet sent by Elizabeth I of England in 1589, during the undeclared Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) and the Eighty Years' War. It was led by Sir Francis Drake as Admiral and Sir John Norris as General, and failed to drive home the advantage England had won apon the failure of the Spanish Armada in the previous year. The Spanish victory marked the revival of Philip II's navel power through the next decade.
The English Armada contained 150 ships. The losses for the English were between 11000-1500 wounded, killed or died of disease and the lose of 40 ships