I think Nikpalj wanted us to do the research for him cos he has no internet access or time! Normally I charge huge sums of money and demand free M&Ms for stuff like this (no blue ones though), but as KK has kindly done the work for me I'll just cut'n'paste:

"On May 28, 1588, the Armada, with 131 ships and 35,000 men, began to set sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel...It took until May 30 for all ships to leave port...the Armada, having been delayed by bad weather, was not sighted until July 19. This occurred off The Lizard, Cornwall, but a sequence of beacons had been constructed the length of the south coast of England, so that the news was known in London within two days. The Armada followed the coast as far as Plymouth, where the 55 ships of the English fleet had set sail on the night of the 19th."
<synopsis> The fireship attacks at Calais took place on the 27th/28th July, the English fleet attacked at Gravelines (Battle of Gravelines) on the 29th, and finally ceased pursuit on the 12th August as the northerly winds drove the Armada out of the Channel. The weather had begun to worsen from about the 4th August. During the following weeks storms scattered the Armada and only 67 ships and 10,000 men got back to Spain. The storms are thought to have been unusually strong. I cannot find a source that gives exact dates for the storms, but I have found a map at http://www.historyonthenet.com/Tudor...ish_armada.htm which places the Armada north of Scotland on 21st-24th August.
Hope this is ok.