 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Runyararo rweAmiens rwakasiya Baker kwenguva pfupi asina ngarava, asi akadzokera kubasa rinoshanda nekutangazve kwehondo, achitora kutungamira kwe36-gun musi wa 28 Kubvumbi 1803. Akagoverwa kuChannel Fleet pasi peAdmiral William Cornwallis, uye musi wa 10 August 1805 akasangana ne 40-gun French frigate kubva kuCape Finisterre. Pamberi pokucherechedzwa kwacho Phoenix akanga abata mutengesi weAmerica, akanga ari munzira kubva kuBordeaux achienda kuUnited States. Tenzi wokuAmerica akanga akokwa muPhoenix, akatengesera vokuBritain zvimwe zvezvinhu zvake zvewaini, uye akanga aongorora Phoenix asati abvumirwa kupfuurira munzira yake. Phoenix panguva ino yakanga yashandurwa kuti ifanane nechikepe chikuru chehondo chiri kure. Didon, iyo yakanga ichitakura mashoko anoraira ngarava shanu dzaRear-Admiral Allemand dzomutsetse kuti dzibatanidzwe neboka rakabatana reFrance neSpanish pasi peVice-Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, yakabata mutengesi weAmerica uye kubva kwaari yakagamuchira mashoko okuti 20-gun British frigate yakanga iri mugungwa uye yaigona kuva yakapusa zvakakwana kurwisa Didon. Mutungamiriri weDidon, Kaputeni Milius, akasarudza kumirira kusvika kwechikepe cheBritain, uye kuchitora somubayiro. Nokudaro Phoenix yakakwanisa kusvika ndokurwisana neDidon vaFrance vasati vaziva kuti yakanga iri ngarava huru kupfuura yavakanga vafungidzira. Pashure pechiito chakakomba chakagara maawa anoverengeka, naBaker pane imwe nhambo achiwana ngowani yake yapfurwa mumusoro wake, vaFrench vakapa. Phoenix yakanga ine 12 vakaurawa uye 28 vakakuvadzwa, vaFrench vakaramba vachirasikirwa na 27 vakaurawa uye 44 vakakuvadzwa. Nokubata ngarava yakanga yakatakura mashoko okuenda kuGermany, Baker akanga abatsira zvisingazivikanwi pakukonzera hondo yeTrafalgar, asi aizoita basa rakakura zvikuru mazuva mashomanana gare gare, zvichida achitodzivisa kupinda muEngland. 