A shekara ta 1779 ya zama shugaban ma'aikata ko Kyaftin na Jirgin ruwa a karkashin Admiral Sir Charles Hardy wanda ya jagoranci jirgin ruwa da aka taru da sauri don tsayayya da mamayewar Ingila da aka saita don farawa tare da lalata tashar jiragen ruwa na Portsmouth ta Faransa da Mutanen Espanya
Jirgin ruwa na 1779.