Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: "Fénix" akaiswa muCádiz muna January 1762 uye akapedza makore maviri akatevera achishumira muGungwa reMediterranean, Strait of Gibraltar, uye Atlantic Ocean. "Fénix" yakaita gadziridzo huru dzinoverengeka paArsenal de la Carraca pakati pa1764 na1765, apo yakaramba isina zvombo zvayo kusvikira muna 1769, ichitungamirirwa naFrancisco Cotiella. Muna 1778 "Fénix" yakadzorerwa pasi paKaputeni Félix Ignacio deTejada, uyo akatsiviwa naKaputeni Francisco Javier deMelgarejo y Rojas apo Spain yakapinda muAmerican Revolutionary War muna June 1779. "Fénix" yakabva yaenda kuEnglish Channel, chikamu chezvikepe zvaitungamirirwa naLieutenant General Luis de Córdova y Córdova, izvo zvaifanira kusangana nezvikepe zveFrance kuSisgaras Islands, kure nemhenderekedzo yokuchamhembe kweSpain. Ichi chiFrench-chiSpanish
Armada ya1779 yengarava dzinopfuura 60 dzomutsetse yakanga ichiperekedza mauto okurwisa evarwi 40 000 kuyambuka Channel mukuedza kutora hwaro hwehondo yeBritain paPortsmouth. Ngarava dzaCórdova dzakanonotswa nemhepo yainetsa, iyo yakavamanikidza kuramba vari pedyo nemhenderekedzo yePortugal. Somuuyo ivo havana kusvika panzvimbo yokusangana kusvikira 22July, panguva iyo vaFrance, vasina zvigadziro, vakanga vabva. Kunyange zvazvo ngarava mbiri dzacho dzaizopedzisira dzabatana, "Fénix" yakaenda kuAzores musi waJuly 23 neuto raitungamirirwa naLieutenant General Antonio de Ulloa, kuti vadzivirire nzvimbo yechiteshi cheSpain uye kutarisana neuto reBritain iro vaSpanish vakanga vagamuchira mashoko.