Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Fénix yakanga iri ngarava ye 80-gun yemutsara ("navio") yeSpain Navy, yakavakwa naPedro de Torres muHavana maererano nehurongwa hwakagadzwa naAntonio Gaztaneta yakatangwa muna 1749. Muna 1759, akatumwa kunotora mambo mutsva, Carlos III, kubva kuNaples kuenda kuBarcelona. Apo Spain yakapinda muHondo yeAmerican Revolutionary muna June 1779, "Fénix" yakaenda kuEnglish Channel kwaaifanira kubatana neboka reFrance-Spanish rezvikepe zvinopfuura 60 zvengarava dzomutsara pasi peLieutenant General Luis de Córdova y Córdova. Hondo yeGungwa ya1779
rakanga riri uto rokupinda rine mauto 40 000 raiva nemirairo yokutora nzvimbo yeBritish yemvura paPortsmouth.