Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin jirgin ruwan Admiral Juan de Lángara, jirgin ya yi yaƙi a yakin Cape St Vincent a ranar 16 ga Janairu, 1780, inda sojojin ruwan Burtaniya suka kama shi kuma aka ba shi izinin zama na uku na HMS "Gibraltar" a watan Maris na wannan shekarar. Ta yi ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin tashar Ingila kafin ta shiga rundunar Samuel Hood a cikin West Indies kuma ta shiga cikin kama St Eustatius a watan Fabrairun 1781 da kuma yakin Fort Royal.
wata mai zuwa. "Gibraltar" da wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyar an tura su don dakatar da wani jirgin ruwa na Faransanci da ke zuwa Tobago a watan Mayu na 1781, amma ya sami Faransanci mai karfi kuma ya janye. A watan Nuwamba, an maye gurbin bindigoginta na 18-pounders da 24-pounders, bayan haka, a watan Fabrairun 1782, ta tashi zuwa Gabashin Indiya kuma a shekara mai zuwa ta shiga cikin yakin Cuddalore.