 The Act of Union yakatanga kushanda pakati peHondo yeSpanish Succession, iyo yakaona Navy ichishanda pamwe chete neDutch kurwisa mauto eFrance neSpain, mukutsigira kuedza kweBritain yeAustria Habsburg shamwari yekutora Spain neMediterranean yayo kubva kuBourbons. Basa reAmphibious reAnglo-Dutch fleet rakaunza kubatwa kweSardinia, Balearic Islands uye nhamba yezvikepe zveSpain, inonyanya kukosha Barcelona. Nepo zvizhinji zvezviwanwa izvi zvakapiwa kuvaHabsburgs, Britain yakabata Gibraltar neMenorca, izvo zvakachengetwa mugadziriro yorugare, zvichipa Navy nezvivako zveMediterranean. Pakuvamba muhondo mapoka ehondo eFrance akanga akakuvadza zvikuru ngarava dzokutengesa dzeEngland neDutch. Zvisinei, kukunda kukuru pamusoro peFrance neSpain paVigo Bay 1702, kumwe kubudirira muhondo, uye kunyura kwezvikepe zveFrance zveMediterranean zvose paToulon muna 1707 zvakanyatsobvisa vavengi veNavy kubva kumakungwa nokuda kwechikamu chokupedzisira chehondo. Kuita zvechikepe kwakabatsirawo kukunda nyika dzeFrance dzaiva muNova Scotia neNewfoundland. Kurwisanazve neSpain kwakatevera muHondo yeQuadruple Alliance 17181720, umo Navy yakabatsira kukanganisa kuedza kweSpain kudzorera Sicily neSardinia kubva kuAustria neSavoy, vachikunda ngarava dzeSpain paCape Passaro1718, uye muhondo isina kuziviswa muma1720, umo Spain yakaedza kutorazve Gibraltar neMenorca. 