This force included the second HMS Dreadnought and had earlier participated in "singing the King of Spain's beard" with this force's naval commander, Francis Drake.
A city attacked by this force contains a statue of Maria Pita, the woman who captured an enemy banner and rallied that city's forces to expel this force from its lower town. During a siege, this force captured a fleet of French and Hanseatic ships that had sailed around Scotland to trade with the invested city. The failure of this force to capture the Azores led to the later Islands Voyage. This force unsuccessfully tried to raise a rebellion in (*) Lisbon in favor of reinstating AntÃ³nio, Prior of Crato. This force included the second HMS Dreadnought and had earlier participated in "singing the King of Spain's beard" with this force's naval commander, Francis Drake. For 10 points, what was this naval force, a response to Spain's 1588 attempt to invade the British Isles?
A city attacked by this force contains a statue of Maria Pita, the woman who captured an enemy banner and rallied that city's forces to expel this force from its lower town.
Counter Armada or English Armada or Drake-Norreys Expedition