Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Rodney buliri Bickerton n'ọkwa nke post captain na 8 Febụwarị 1781 ma nye ya iwu nwa oge nke HMS "Invincible". Ọ bụ n'ime ya ka Bickerton so lụọ Agha Fort Royal
, bụ ọgụ a lụrụ n'abalị iri abụọ na itoolu n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1781, n'ụsọ oké osimiri Martinique. Bickerton nwetara ụgbọ mmiri nke ya, HMS "Russell", n'ọnwa Mee, tupu ebufe ya na "Terrible" mana, na-achọpụta na ya adịghị mma, kwagara na frigate, HMS "Amazon", na July. Mgbe Bickerton jesịrị ozi n'Agwaetiti Leeward na mmiri ndị dị n'Ebe Ugwu America, ọ laghachiri England n'ụgbọ mmiri "Amazon", rute Portsmouth na February 1782. N'ọnwa Septemba, enyere Bickerton HMS "Brune" nke a rụzigharịrị ọhụrụ; ewepụrụ ya n'ọnwa Mee nke afọ na-eso ya na Bickerton enweghị ụgbọ mmiri ruo Jenụwarị 1787, mgbe ọ nyere HMS "Sibyl" ọrụ wee jiri ụgbọ mmiri ya gaa agwaetiti Leeward ọzọ.