Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Biritaniya ne suka sake gina shi a cikin 1760s, a kusa da tsohuwar sansanin Mutanen Espanya, "Castell de Sant Felip", wanda aka kafa game da 1554. An fi saninsa da kariya mara nasara a lokuta biyu ta Burtaniya: a lokacin Siege na Fort St Philip (1756)
da kuma mamayewar Minorca, 1781. Bayan abin da ya faru na ƙarshe, an rushe ginin a wani ɓangare.