Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1639, i whakaritea tētahi atu waka nui o ngā kaipuke 75 me ngā hōia me ngā kaipuke 24,000 hei whakakii i te Netherlands Paniora. I whakawhiwhia te whakahau o nga waka ki a Lope de Hoces, engari i whakakahoretia e ia, na te mea i riro te whakahau ki a Antonio de Oquendo, rangatira o te Mediterranean fleet. I te 15 o Hepetema i aukatihia te kaipuke i te tata o te Strait o Dover e te roopu o te Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp, i whakakahahia e rua ra i muri mai e te flotilla o Vice-Admiral Witte de With. I rerenga a De Oquendo ki The Downs, i nga wai Ingarihi kore i te takutai o Kent. I te 21 o Oketopa, ka neke atu i te kotahi rau nga kaipuke o te kaipuke o Dutch, i takahi i te wehenga Ingarihi me te
I whakaekea te kaipuke Paniora, i angitu ki te whakangaro, ki te hopu ranei i nga kaipuke hoariri maha.