Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A farkon yaƙe-yaƙe na juyin juya halin Faransa a cikin 1793 Sutton ya sami ci gaba zuwa post captain kuma ya ɗauki umurnin farko na jirgin ruwa mai suna HMS "Romulus" sannan kuma jirgin ruwa na HMS "Egmont", wanda aka haɗa da Jirgin Ruwa na Bahar Rum. A shekara ta 1795 "Egmont" ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe na
Genoa da tsibirin Hyères, suna fama da rauni a karshen lokacin da wani bindiga ya fashe. A shekara mai zuwa ya yi aiki a kan wani aiki don kai farmaki kan wani jirgin ruwan Faransa a tashar jiragen ruwa na Tunis da Sutton sannan aka ba shi musamman aikin kwashe sansanin Birtaniya a Corsica bayan shigar da Spain a cikin yakin a gefen Faransa.