 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Dutch 166567, Rupert akagadzwa semumwe wevatungamiriri vatatu vechikepe cheEngland, pasi pekutungamira kwakazara kweDuke weYork, achitora seye mureza wake. Semutungamiri weWhite Squadron, Rupert akarwa muhondo yeLowestoft muna 1665, achipwanya dziviriro yemuvengi panguva yakakosha; gumbo raRupert rakakuvadzwa muhondo, kukuvara kwakamuita kuti arambe achirwadziwa. Akayeuchidzwa kuti aperekedze Mambo mukati medendazvaiparadza London, Rupert akapfuurira kutaura achitsigira kuti ngarava dzendege dzitsvake kurwisana kwechimbichimbi navaDutch uko kwaizomanikidza vaDutch kudzokera patafura yokutaurirana. Gore rakatevera racho, Rupert akagadzwa kuva mutungamiriri pamwe chete naMonck uye akapiwa mukana wokuita izvi. Muna June 1666, vakarwa navaDutch muHondo Yemazuva Mana, imwe yehondo dzomugungwa dzakarebesa munhau; hondo yacho yakaona nzira itsva dzokudenha dzaRupert naMonk dzichishandiswa, zvichiguma nechiono chakanga chisina kujairika kusvikira panguva iyoyo muhondo yezvikepe zvinokwasva, vaNgezi vachirova kumusoro kwemhepo ndokuputsa mutsetse womuvengi kubva pasi pemhepo. Zvisinei, Hondo Yemazuva mana yaionekwa se kukunda kwevaDutch, asi Hondo yeSt. Jamess Day mumwedzi wakatevera yakabvumira Rupert naMonk kushandisa nzira imwechete yekukuvadza zvakanyanya maDutch uye hondo yakaguma nekukunda kukuru kweChirungu. VaDutch, zvisinei, vaizoona kupera kwakanaka kwehondo neKupamba kwakasarudzika paMedway. 