Siege of Coruña

Siege of Coruña
	Part of the Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604) and the Eighty Years' War
	; Monument of the heroine Maria Pita in the Square of the Town Hall of A Coruña
Date	4 – 18 May 1589
Location	A Coruña, (Galicia)
Result	Spanish victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of England; United Provinces	Iberian Union Spanish Empire; Kingdom of Portugal;
Commanders and leaders
Elizabeth I of England; Robert Devereux; Francis Drake; John Norris; Edward Norris	Philip II of Spain Marquis of Cerralbo; Álvaro Troncoso
Strength
Six galleons; 60 armed merchant vessels; 60 Dutch flyboats; 20 pinnaces; 27,667 men; Total: 180+ ships	1 galleon; 1,500 men
Casualties and losses
1,500 killed or died; 3 large ships sunk or captured; 1,000 deserted on ten small ships	1,000+ killed, wounded or captured, 400+ Civilians killed ; great material destruction in the lower city; 3 galleons sunk or scuttled

The siege of Coruña, also known as the defence of Corunna, was a series of military encounters between the English Armada and the defenders of the fishermen's city of Coruña in Galicia that lasted for two weeks in May 1589. The siege was the first interaction between the English Armada, a retaliatory English expedition within the Anglo-Spanish war, and the Spanish troops, and set the tone for the rest of the campaign. The siege ended in failure, and the English moved on to besiege Lisbon.