After the defeat Conquering of the Spanish Armada in 1588 , the king called Name_conferral the Estates-General in the midst of intrigue and plotting .

After emerging Coming_to_be from six years of disgrace following the resounding defeat Earnings_and_losses of the English Armada at Lisbon in 1589 , Francis Drake embarked Process_start on a long and disastrous campaign Military_operation against Hispanic America , suffering Bodily_harm several consecutive defeats Earnings_and_losses there .

The Spanish Armada ( ) was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed Self_motion from Corunna in late May 1588 , under the command Control of the Duke of Medina Sidonia , with the purpose of escorting Patrolling an army from Flanders to invade England .

English ships sailed Self_motion from Plymouth to attack Attack the Armada and were faster and more manoeuvrable than the larger Spanish Galleons , enabling Preventing_or_letting them to fire on the Armada without loss as it sailed Self_motion east off the south coast of England .

English ships sailed Self_motion from Plymouth to attack Attack the Armada and were faster and more manoeuvrable than the larger Spanish Galleons , enabling Preventing_or_letting them to fire on the Armada without loss as it sailed Self_motion east off the south coast of England .

The Armada could have anchored Connect in The Solent between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland and occupied Control the Isle of Wight , but Medina Sidonia was under orders from King Philip II to meet Come_together up with the Duke of Parma 's forces in the Netherlands so England could be invaded Attack by Parma 's soldiers and other soldiers carried Carry_goods in ships of the Armada .

The Armada could have anchored Connect in The Solent between the Isle of Wight and the English mainland and occupied Control the Isle of Wight , but Medina Sidonia was under orders from King Philip II to meet Come_together up with the Duke of Parma 's forces in the Netherlands so England could be invaded Attack by Parma 's soldiers and other soldiers carried Carry_goods in ships of the Armada .

English guns damaged Damaging the Armada and a Spanish ship was captured Conquering by Sir Francis Drake in the English Channel .

The Armada anchored Connect off Calais .

While awaiting communications from Duke of Parma , the Armada was scattered Dispersal by an English fireship night attack Attack and abandoned GiveUp its rendezvous with Parma 's army , that was blockaded Besieging in harbour by Dutch flyboats .

The Armada , driven Motion by southwest winds , withdrew Escaping north , with the English fleet harrying it up the east coast of England .

On return to Spain round the north of Scotland and south around Ireland , the Armada was disrupted Hindering further by storms Catastrophe .

This was due to his own mismanagement , including appointing an aristocrat without naval experience as commander of the Armada , unfortunate weather , and the opposition of the English and their Dutch allies including the use Using of fire-ships sailed into the anchored Armada . ''

This was due to his own mismanagement , including appointing an aristocrat without naval experience as commander of the Armada , unfortunate weather , and the opposition of the English and their Dutch allies including the use Using of fire-ships sailed into the anchored Armada . ''

The following year , England organised Arranging a similar large-scale campaign against Spain , the English Armada , sometimes called Name_conferral the `` counter-Armada of 1589 '' .