 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Guipuzcoano yakanga ichifamba sechikepe cheCommodore Don Juan Agustín de Yardi, uye yakarairwa naKaputeni Don Tomás de Malay, mukupera kwa1779, ichiperekedza konvoi yevatengesi gumi nevashanu ve Guipuzcoan Kambani yeCaracas kubva kuSan Sebastián kuenda kuCádiz. Zvakare zvaiperekedza ngoro yacho zvaiva zvikepe zvina zvechikwata, San Carlos ine pfuti 32, San Rafael ine pfuti 30, Santa Teresa ine pfuti 28 uye San Bruno ine pfuti 26, uye zvikepe zviduku zviviri, San Fermín ine pfuti 16 uye San Vicente ine pfuti 10. Pana 8 January 1780 chikwata chacho chakasangana nechikepe chikuru cheBritain paCape Finisterre chaitungamirirwa naAdmiral Sir George Rodney, chaienda kunobatsira Gibraltar. Rodney akaswedera pedyo nomurwi wacho, chifukidziro chendarira pane zvimwe zvezvikepe zvake chichivabvumira kufamba kupfuura vaSpanish. Ngarava yose yakabatwa, nengarava dzakanga dzakatakura zvitoro zvengarava kuchikepe cheSpain kuCádiz, uye zvinhu zvakatakura zvinhu zveRoyal Caracas Company zvakatumirwa kudzokera kuEngland, zvichiperekedzwa na Ngarava dzokuSpain idzo dzakawanwa dzichitakura zvokudya dzakatorwa naRodney kuenda kuGibraltar, uye dzinoshandiswa kubvisa mauto eBritain ikoko. 