Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1822 me tōna tuakana i uru ia ki te Royal Naval College i Portsmouth. I muri mai ka mahi ia i runga i te HMS "Albion" i raro i a Kapene John Acworth Ommanney. I kite a Gore i te mahi i te Oketopa 1827 i runga i te "Albion" i te wa i uru ai ia ki te ope o Ingarangi-Whare-Rusia i raro i te whakahau a Admiral Edward Codrington i te Pakanga o Navarino
, i whakangaromia ai te ope moana Turkish-Ehipiti, e whakamana ana i te rangatiratanga o Kariki. Ko tēnei te whawhai moana whakamutunga i waenganui i ngā kaipuke rākau o te wā o Nelson.