Islands Voyage
| Islands Voyage | |||||||
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| Part of the Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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England United Provinces |
Spain Portugal | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Robert Devereux Thomas Howard Walter Raleigh Jacob Duivenvoorde |
Martín de Padilla Alonso de Bazán Juan de Garibay | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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120–150 ships 17,000 to 20,000 men (6,000 soldiers) | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| High | Low | ||||||
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.