Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Gibraltar yakakomberedzwa kwamakore anopfuura matatu, asi boka ravarwi reBritain rakaramba zvakasimba uye rakagoverwazve kaviri: kamwe pashure pokukunda kwaAdmiral George Rodney pamusoro paJuan de Lángara muHondo ya1780 yeCape St. Vincent, uye zvakare naAdmiral Richard Howe muna 1782. Dzimwe nhamburiko dzeFrance neSpain dzokutora Gibraltar hadzina kubudirira. Kubudirira kumwe kunoshamisa kwakaitika pana 5 February 1782, apo veSpain vakadzorera Minorca. Zvirongwa zvine vavariro zve
kupinda kweBritain muna 1779 kwaifanira kusiyiwa. Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova akabata ngarava mbiri dzeBritain dzaisvika ngarava makumi manomwe nepfumbamwe, kusanganisira ngarava dzevatengesi makumi mashanu neshanu uye mafrigate muchiito cha9 Nyamavhuvhu 1780.