 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Zviitiko zvinotevera zvaBlake zvaive mukati meHondo Yekutanga yeAnglo-Dutch. Hondo yakatanga nguva isati yakwana nekurwisana pakati pezvikepe zveDutch zve Maarten Tromp naBlake kubva kuFolkestone musi wa 29 May 1652, Hondo yeDover. Hondo chaiyo yakatanga muna June nekurwisa kwechiNgezi kuDutch East Indies, Baltic uye kutengesa hove naBlake, achitungamirira ngarava dzinenge 60. Musi wa 5 Gumiguru 1652 Mutevedzeri wemukuru wemauto eDutch, Witte Corneliszoon de With, achiregeredza simba reEngland, akaedza kurwisa Blake, asi nekuda kwemamiriro ekunze, ndiBlake akarwisa musi wa 8 Gumiguru 1652 muhondo yeKentish Knock, achidzosera de With kuNetherlands mukukundwa. Hurumende yeEngland yakaita seyakafunga kuti hondo yakanga yapera uye yakatumira ngarava kuMediterranean. Blake aingova nengarava dzehondo makumi mana nembiri paakarwiswa uye akakundwa zvine mutsindo nengarava makumi masere nesere dzeDutch pasi paTromp musi wa9 Zvita 1652 muHondo yeDungeness, achirasikirwa nekutonga kweEnglish Channel kuDutch. Munguvayi, ngarava dzakatumirwa kure dzakanga dzaparadzwawo muHondo yeLeghorn. 