 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Ngarava dzeMiddle Ages, muFrance nedzimwewo nzvimbo, dzakanga dzakaumbwa chose chose nengarava dzevatengesi dzakanyoresa mubasa rehondo munguva yehondo, asi mavambo apakuvamba enhau yehondo yeFrance anodzokera shure kunguva iyoyo. Hondo yokutanga yeFrench Navy yaiva hondo yeArnemuiden 23 September 1338, apo yakakunda English Navy. Hondo yeArnemuiden yakanga iriwo hondo yokutanga yomugungwa yakashandisa zvombo zvehondo. Gare gare rakakundwa nezvikepe zveAnglo-Flemish paHondo yeSluys uye, nerubatsiro rweCastilian, rakakwanisa kukunda maChirungu paLa Rochellehondo mbiri idzi dzinotamba basa rinokosha mukutanga kweHondo Yamakore Ane Mazana. Zvisinei, uto rehondo harina kuva chishandiso chakasimba chesimba renyika kutozosvikira muzana ramakore rechi 17 naLouis XIV. Vachitungamirirwa naMambo weZuva, Mauto Emuchadenga eFrance akanga aine mari uye akashongedzerwa zvakanaka, achibudirira kukurira zvikepe zveSpain neDutch zvakabatanidzwa paHondo yePalermo muna 1676 mukati meHondo yeFrance neDutch, kunyange zvazvo, pamwe chete nemauto eEngland, akatambura kudzokera shure kwakati wandei kunopesana nevaDutch, avo vaitungamirirwa naMichel de Ruyter. Rakarova kukunda kwokutanga kwakati muHondo Yamakore Mapfumbamwe mukurwisana neRoyal Navy neDutch Navy. Zvisinei, zvinetso zvemari zvakabvumira vokuEngland navaDutch kuwanazve simba mugungwa. 