Mgbe nke a gachara, o nweghịzi onye na-achị ya ruo n'afọ 1778, mgbe a họpụtara ya ka ọ bụrụ onye na-arụ ọrụ n'ụgbọ mmiri 74 nke e wuru ọhụrụ, ma jee ozi na Channel Fleet site n'afọ 1779 na 1780. O mechara gaa West Indies dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha ahụ na Sir Samuel Hood, ma nọrọ n'ọrụ na Fort Royal
na Martinique na 29 Eprel 1781, na n'ime ihe nke Chesapeake na 5 Septemba. N'ihi usoro aghụghọ nke na-ewu ewu n'oge ahụ na ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ iwu, "Alfred" enweghị òkè na-arụsi ọrụ ike n'otu n'ime agha ndị a, ọnọdụ nke a na-atụle mgbe e mesịrị.