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However, poor winds and the risk of becoming trapped in the Bay of Biscay led Drake to divert to Corunna (Galicia) instead.
Norreys took the lower town, killing 500 Spaniards and plundering the wine cellars.
Drake destroyed 13 Spanish merchant ships in the harbor.
The English then laid siege to Corunna’s fortified upper town, but:
- Spanish galleys slipped past the English fleet, repeatedly resupplying the defenders.
- The English struggled against fortified positions and bad weather.
- After two weeks of stalemate, they abandoned the siege, having lost:
  - Four captains.
  - Several hundred soldiers in combat.
  - 3,000 personnel from disease or desertion, including many Dutch mercenaries who returned to England or went to La Rochelle.