Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1626 Frisian Admiralty yakabviswa pabasa rayo rekuendesa ngarava dzehondo nhanhatu, zvichiratidza kuti zvinhu zvose zvakanga zvisina kumira zvakanaka muDokkum mune zvemari nekutonga. Admiralty, zvisinei, yakapinda muchiito pasi pemutungamiri weDutch mukuru mukuru Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp munguva yeHondo Yemakore Makumi Matatu kuti avhare German Ems uye Jade Rivers kudzivirira privateers vanoshandira vaHabsburgs kuti vabve pachiteshi. Mukati mokudzivirira uku vaFrisians vakatobata freebooter "Du Mortier". Muna 1639 vakuru vehondo vakashongedza ngarava nhatu nezvikepe zvina zveRepublic. Vashomanene vakatumirwa kunzvimbo dzokuongorora muzviito zvaizotungamirira kuHondo yeDowns
, kubatanidza "roeifregat" (galley) kubva kuFrissian Admiralty, "Rotterdam", pasi pekutungamirirwa naKaputeni Joris Pieters van den Broeck. Pashure pokunge yaunza mushumo wayo, Admiral Tromp akasarudza kurwa musi wa16 September, aine ngarava dzeDutch dzezvikepe 29 dzinorwisana nezvikepe zveSpain 67. Chimwe chezvikepe zvikuru zvaTromps chaiva chikepe chehondo chaiva nevanhu 70 chaiva nezvombo 22 zvaitungamirirwa naKaputeni Tjaard de Groot wokuFrisia. MuHondo yeDowns yakazotevera Broeck akakunda ngarava dzechiSpanish dzaiva nevarume 140, dzaiva nepfuti 18.