Islands Voyage

Islands Voyage
Part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War
Date June – August 1597 Location Plymouth, Atlantic Ocean, Bay of Biscay, Cantabrian Sea, Ferrol and Azores Islands Result Spanish victory[1][2]
Belligerents
England United Provinces	Spain Portugal
Commanders and leaders
Robert Devereux Thomas Howard Walter Raleigh Jacob Duivenvoorde	Martín de Padilla Alonso de Bazán Juan de Garibay
Strength
120–150 ships[1][3][4] 17,000 to 20,000 men (6,000 soldiers)[3]	Unknown
Casualties and losses
High[2][5]	Low[2][6]

The Islands Voyage, also known as the Essex-Raleigh Expedition, was an ambitious, but unsuccessful naval campaign sent by Queen Elizabeth I of England, and supported by the United Provinces, against the Spanish Empire and Portuguese Empire of Philip II from the House of Habsburg during the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War.^[1][7]