 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasi paKaputeni Richard Bickerton, Fortitude yakashanda muEnglish Channel. Muna April 1781 akabatanidzwa muchinetso chechipiriweGibraltar. Muna May 1781, panguva yeHondo yechina yeAnglo-Dutch, Vice-Admiral Hyde Parkers akachinja mureza wake kubva kuFortitude. Musi waAugust 5, Fortitude yakarwisana muhondo yeDogger Bank sechikepe chaParker. Pashure pokurwisana kunoparadza, kwokudeura ropa umo hapana kana mumwe wavarwi akawana betsero ipi neipi, mativi ose ari maviri akarega kurwa. 