A shekara ta 1808, Reynolds ya koma amma kasa da shekara guda daga baya aka ba shi umurninsa na farko, hulk. A watan Fabrairun 1811 ya zama kwamandan kuma ya dauki nauyin jirgin ruwa wanda ya shiga cikin
ya kai hari kan Java kuma an ci gaba da shi zuwa ga kyaftin din a matsayin kyauta, yana karɓar HMS "Sir Francis Drake". Admiralty ya tabbatar da haɓakarsa a 1812, a matsayin girmamawa ga ayyukan mahaifinsa, wanda ya mutu a cikin jirgin ruwa a ranar Kirsimeti na 1811. Ya koma Birtaniya a watan Agustan 1812 a matsayin kwamandan kuma ya kasance a cikinta har shekara guda kafin ya shiga ritaya saboda rashin lafiya. Bayan karshen yakin a 1815, an ba Reynolds damar ci gaba da aiki a matsayin kyaftin din jirgin ruwa a cikin jirgin ruwa, amma an tilasta masa ya juya mukamin saboda rashin lafiyar rashin lafiya.