Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokurwisana naWilliam II pamusoro poukuru hweuto, uko kwakaguma norufu rwake rwomunguva pfupi, vatongi vakanga vava kukunda havana kupedza nguva yakawanda vachideredzazve ukuru hweuto. Nenzira isingafadzi, vakaratidzira kupfuma kumwe cheteyo kumasoja, vachibvumira maAdmiralty akazvimirira kutengesa rutivi rukuru rwezvikepe izvo zvakanga zvarwisa Armada yechipiri yeSpain zvine mutsindo mumvura dzeEngland dzisina kwazvakarerekera mu
Hondo yeDowns ya1639. Upenzi hwomutemo uyu hwakaratidzirwa zvakajeka muHondo Yokutanga yeAnglo-Dutch, apo pakutanga pakutanga ngarava dzehondo dzeDutch dzakanga dzisina mukana wokurwisana nezvikepe zveEngland, zvichida mumvura dzomumba, nemhaka yokuderera kwayo kwounhu uye kwouwandu. Apo hondo yakanga ichiri kupenga, hurumende yaDe-Witt nokudaro yakatanga chirongwa chakakomba chokuvaka ngarava dzehondo nokuvandudza ngarava dzehondo. "Mauto ehondo matsva" akaberekwa ayo aizova chishandiso chakatanhamara chokuratidzira simba reDutch kunze kwenyika. Chinhu chikuru chakanga chiri chokuti zvino machinda makumi matanhatu aizoshandiswa nguva dzose nehondo, achiwedzera zvikuru unyanzvi hwayo. Nemhaka yekusadzika kwemvura yemumba yeDutch, kukura kwezvikepe zvikuru zveDutch kwakanga kusingagoni kuenzana neiyo yeChirungu yekutanga-mitero, asi musiyano muhukuru hwezvombo wakaderedzwa.