Kammala wannan jumla: Kyaftin George Johnstone ya karɓi aiki a farkon 1779 kuma ya yi aiki a tashar Ingila. A kan ci gaba da Johnstone zuwa commodore a watan Afrilu na wannan shekarar, Kyaftin Robert Nicholas ya zama kwamandan "Romney", ko da yake ta kasance wani ɓangare na Johnstone ta squadron kuma ya tashi ya fadi abin wuya. Bayan sake gyara ta koma teku a 1779 a matsayin Sir John Ross ta flagship, tare da Johnstone a matsayin kyaftin. Ta shiga cikin ayyukan a cikin Channel a lokacin
Ya yi ƙoƙari ya mamaye Faransa da Spain, bayan haka ya tashi zuwa Lisbon. A ranar 11 ga Nuwamba, 1779, ta kama jirgin ruwan Mutanen Espanya mai bindigogi 34 "Santa Margarita", wanda daga baya aka ɗauka a cikin sojan ruwa a matsayin. Tare da dawowar Johnstone zuwa matsayin commodore a watan Disamba na 1779, umurnin ya wuce zuwa Kyaftin Roddam Home, ko da yake Johnstone ya kasance a cikin jirgin. A ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1780, "Romney" ya shiga cikin wani lamari tare da jirgin ruwa na "Sartine". "Romney" ya kama jiragen ruwa biyu na Faransa a Cape Finisterre a watan Yuli, 38-gun a ranar 1 ga Yuli, da kuma 18-gun "Perle" kwanaki biyar bayan haka a ranar 6 ga Yuli.