 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokunge Spain yarasikirwa neHondo yeGibraltarmuna 1704, chiteshi chengarava chacho chakava rutivi rweBritain. Muna 1713, Article X yeChibvumirano cheUtrecht yakasikwa kuti igumise zviri pamutemo kodzero ipi neipi yakanga ine Spain paguta reGibraltar. Kana chibvumirano chacho chapera, Britain yakatora chiteshi chacho chose. Kutorwa kweGibraltar kwaiva kukunda kukuru kwevaBritain panguva iyoyo kwaivagonesa kutumira ngarava kubva kuLondon kuenda kumaguta eMediterranean. Chiteshi chengarava chacho chaionekwa semasuo aibatanidza Atlantic Ocean neGungwa reMediterranean. Chakanga chiri chitsva chikuru, icho chakabvumira Britain kuwedzera kutengeserana kwayo. Somugumisiro, Mambokadzi Anne akaita kuti Chiteshi cheGibraltar chive Chiteshi Chepachena muna February 1706; chisarudzo ichi chakareruka chakanga chine migumisiro mikuru yezvemari munzanga. Mutemo wacho waibvumira ngarava dzemarudzi ose kutengeserana pasina chikonzero chokubhadhara chero rudzi rwemutero wokutsiva. Kutengeserana kwaibvumidzwa pasina mitero ichibvumira ngarava dzinobva kuNorth Africa, Turkey, Italy nedzimwe nyika dzose kutengesa zvinhu zvavo zvakasununguka, zvichiita kuti Gibraltar ive imwe yenzvimbo dzinokosha zvikuru muEurope, ngarava dzinobva kumativi ose enyika dzaiuya kuzotengesa zvinhu zvavo. 