Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - "Fénix" nọ na Cádiz na Jenụwarị 1762 ma nọrọ afọ abụọ sochirinụ na-eje ozi n'Oké Osimiri Mediterenian, Strait nke Gibraltar, na Oké Osimiri Atlantic. "Fénix" mere ọtụtụ nnukwu nrụzi na Arsenal de la Carraca n'etiti 1764 na 1765, ebe ọ nọgidere na-enweghị ngwá agha ya ruo 1769, n'okpuru iwu nke Francisco Cotiella. N'afọ 1778, e zighachiri "Fénix" n'okpuru Captain Félix Ignacio deTejada, onye onye Captain Francisco Javier deMelgarejo y Rojas nọchiri ya mgbe Spain banyere na American Revolutionary War na June 1779. "Fénix" gawara ozugbo n'Oké Osimiri Ingland, nke so n'ụgbọ mmiri ndị Lieutenant General Luis de Córdova y Córdova na-eduzi, bụ́ ndị e chere na ha ga-ezute ụgbọ mmiri ndị France n'Agwaetiti Sisgaras, nke dị n'ụsọ oké osimiri ebe ugwu Spen. Ụgbọ Agha a nke France na Spen nke 1779
Ọrụ e nyere otu ìgwè nke ihe karịrị ụgbọ mmiri 60 bụ iduru ndị agha 40,000 gafee Ọwara Channel iji weghara ebe ndị agha mmiri nke ndị Briten nọ na Portsmouth. Ifufe na-efegide ụgbọ mmiri Córdova mere ka ha ghara ịga n'ihu, nke a mekwara ka ha nọrọ n'ụsọ oké osimiri Portugal. N'ihi nke a, ha eruteghị ebe ha zutere ruo July 22, oge nke ndị French, na-enweghị ihe oriri, hapụrụ. Ọ bụ ezie na ụgbọ mmiri abụọ ahụ ga-emecha jikọta ọnụ, "Fénix" hapụrụ Azores na 23July na otu ndị agha n'okpuru Lieutenant General Antonio de Ulloa, iji chebe Spanish anchorage ma chee ndị agha Britain ihu nke ndị Spain natara ozi.