Over half the Spanish Armada ships were lost along with fifteen thousand men

Evidence

In all some sixty of the 130 ships that had sailed for Spain had been lost, and, no less troubling to a monarch who genuinely felt for many of his servants (unlike Elizabeth, Philip insisted that his veterans be paid), the toll in dead, prisoners or dying probably rose to 15,000 or more. — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 1080

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — John Sugden, Sir Francis Drake, 1080
• XREF: connects to: Drake’s raid on Cádiz in April 1587 destroyed roughly 30 ships and large quantities of supplies, setting Spanish Armada preparations back by a year. — Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard; By the time the last surviving ships reached Spain in October, half the original Armada was lost and some 15,000 men had perished — a higher toll than the 13,500 figure. — Spanish Armada defeated | August 8, 1588; Only 60 ships are known to have reached Spain, many of them too badly damaged to be repaired, and perhaps 15,000 men perished. — Spanish Armada | Definition, Defeat, & Facts