It was created in response to the Treaty of Nonsuch and was to be bolstered by surprise reinforcements from the Duke de Parma; but conflicts at Portland Bill and Plymouth saw its decimation and the end came soon after at Gravelines.  
John Knox Laughton, the premier British authority on it, wrote that Charles Blount and Thomas Gerard were the two pivotal strategists of the plan against it.  It was created in response to the Treaty of Nonsuch and was to be bolstered by surprise reinforcements from the Duke de Parma; but conflicts at Portland Bill and Plymouth saw its decimation and the end came soon after at Gravelines.  Lord Charles Howard was the commander who cost the duke de Medonia-Sidonia almost half of its strength.  FTP, name this force organized by Philip II for a naval invasion of England in 1588.
John Knox Laughton, the premier British authority on it, wrote that Charles Blount and Thomas Gerard were the two pivotal strategists of the plan against it.  
Spanish Armada or Invincible Armada