Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Fénix jirgin ruwa ne mai bindigogi 80 na layin ("navio") na Sojojin Ruwa na Spain, wanda Pedro de Torres ya gina a Havana daidai da tsarin da Antonio Gaztaneta ya tsara wanda aka ƙaddamar a 1749. A shekara ta 1759, an aike ta ta kawo sabon sarki, Carlos III, daga Naples zuwa Barcelona. Lokacin da Spain ta shiga yakin juyin juya halin Amurka a watan Yunin 1779, "Fénix" ya tashi zuwa tashar tashar Ingila inda za ta shiga rundunar jiragen ruwa ta Franco-Spanish fiye da 60 na jiragen ruwa a karkashin Lieutenant General Luis de Córdova y Córdova. Ƙungiyar
Armada na 1779 ya kasance mamayewar sojoji 40,000 tare da umarnin kama sansanin sojan ruwa na Burtaniya a Portsmouth.