Question: what was the date of the spanish armada
Answer: Spanish Armada Part of the Anglo - Spanish War ( 1585 -- 1604 ) and the Eighty Years ' War The Spanish Armada and English ships in August 1588 , ( unknown , 16th - century , English School ) Date July -- August 1588 Location North - west Europe Result Decisive Spanish defeat Militarily indecisive Spanish invasion failure Protestant propaganda victory Belligerents Kingdom of England Dutch Republic Iberian Union ( Habsburg Spain ) Commanders and leaders Lord Howard of Effingham Francis Drake John Hawkins Justinus van Nassau Duke of Medina Sidonia Juan Martínez de Recalde Duke of Parma Strength 34 warships 163 armed merchant vessels ( 30 over 200 tons ) 30 flyboats 22 galleons of Portugal and Castile , 108 armed merchant