Kammala jumla mai zuwa: 'Yan Burtaniya sun yi rinjaye a Bahar Rum tun lokacin da aka lalata rabin Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum na Faransa a ƙarshen Siege na Toulon a watan Disamba na 1793. Yayin da Faransawa suka yi ƙoƙari don gyarawa da sake gina jirginsu da suka lalace, Birtaniya sun juya zuwa tabbatar da tsibirin Corsica, ta hanyar mamayewa a 1794. Kawai aikin jirgin ruwan Faransa na shekara, jirgin ruwa na Martin a watan Yuni, an tilasta masa ya shiga cikin jirgin ruwa a Gourjean Bay don kauce wa hallaka. A watan Maris na 1795 Faransawa suna da isassun jiragen ruwa masu amfani don su sake shiga cikin teku, suna tafiya a cikin Gulf of Genoa da kuma kama HMS "Berwick" a ranar 8 ga Maris, 1795. Bayan 'yan kwanaki daga baya rundunar Hotham ta kama Faransawa kuma Martin ya rasa jirgi biyu a yakin da ya biyo baya
Yaƙin Genoa. A lokacin bazara duka jiragen ruwa sun sami ƙarfafawa daga Atlantic, kuma a watan Yuni Martin ya sake tafiya.