 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Holloway akakurumidza kugadzwa kuti atungamirire pfuti makumi masere, uye akaiswa kunze kweTexel pasi paAdmiral Howe. Tevere akaraira Buffalo, yakabatanidzwa kumhenderekedzo yeHowe iyo yakafamba kuenda kuGibraltar musi wa11 Gunyana 1782. Musi waOctober 11, ngarava dzacho dzakasvika kuStrait of Gibraltar, asi mhepo ine simba yakaita kuti ngarava ina chete dzokutakura zvinhu dzisvike pachiteshi; dzimwe dzose dzakapfuurira kuenda kuMediterranean. Musi wa13, ngarava dzeFrance neSpain dzakabva kuAlgeciras, uye Howe akarayira Holloway kuti aende nengarava dzacho kuzvitsuwa zveChafarinas, kana kuti kuOristano kuSardinia, kana dzikapfuura Cape Tres Forcas, uye kuti ashandise pfungwa dzake pakuvadzosa kunhare yainge yakakomberedzwa. Pashure pamazuva maviri Buffalo yakawira mungarava ina dzomuvengi kure nemhenderekedzo yeBarbary, uye yakapukunyuka bedzi kubatwa. Ngarava imwe yokuchengetera zvinhu yakatorwa usiku ihwohwo, asi vamwe vose vakatiza murima. Pakupedzisira, pashure pamazuva mashanu kana kuti matanhatu, ngarava dzokutakura zvinhu dzakadzokera kuhondo yeBritain paGibraltar. Nauticus Junior, munyori asingazivikanwi we Naval Atlantis, yakabudiswa muna 1789, akashora zvikuru Howe nokuda kwekusarudza Buffalo nokuda kwebasa iri achicherechedza kuti akanga agere sechikepe chikuru muDowns kwenguva yakati sezvo aifungidzirwa kuti haana kukodzera gungwa, uye akanga asina kukwana. Kunyange zvakadaro, Buffalo yakatora nzvimbo yayo mumutsetse wehondo mukuita mukurwisana nezvikepe zvomuvengi paCape Spartelmusi waOctober 20, varume 6 vakaurawa uye 16 vakakuvadzwa. 