 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna March 1781 Flora yakanga iri pamwe chete neboka rengarava raiva pasi paVice-Admiral George Darby parusununguko rwechipiri rweGibraltar, uye akazoendeswa kuMenorca, pamwe chete naKaputeni Thomas Pakenhams 28-gun frigate HMS Crescent, mutariri wevamwe vanodya. Sezvavakanga vachidzoka kuburikidza neStraits off Ceuta musi wa 30 May vakasangana nemafrigate maviri echiDutch emidziyo makumi matatu nematanhatu, Castor uye Briel. Pashure pehondo yamaawa maviri nehafu inozivikanwa seHondo yeCape St Mary Flora yakabata Castor pasi paPieter Melvill van Carnbee, asi Briel akanga achimanikidza Crescent kurova mureza wake; Flora yakakurumidza kubatsira mukadzi wake, uye Briel akaita kutiza kwake. Gare gare, musi wa19 June, sezvo maFrigate maviri nemubayiro wavo zvaive kure neCape Finisterre vakasangana nemaFrigate maviri echiFrench ane pfuti makumi matatu nemaviri, Friponne uye Gloire. Crescent uye Castor vakanga vaparadzwa mukubatana kwekare uye vakanga vari Jury vakagadzirirwa nevarume 300 chete vasina kukuvadzwa kunze kwehuwandu hwakazara hwe700 pamusoro pemidziyo mitatu. Castor yakanga ine vashandi vomutambo bedzi vaiva mungarava, avo vakanga vasingakwanisi kusiya mapombi. Williams akaita chiratidzo chokuparadzana, uye akasiya Crescent neCastor mibayiro iri nyore kuvaFrench vaviri. Mufambiro wake hauna kupiwa mhaka uye hauna kutombobvunzwa; asi Laughton anofunga kuti patinofunga kuti rutivi rwakafara rwe Flora rwaive rwakarema seizvo zve Friponne uye Glore zvakabatanidzwa, hazvibviri kudzivisa kufunga kuti Williams haana kunzwisisa mamiriro matsva mukuda kwake. 