Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1780, Knight laghachiri Amerịka ọzọ n'ụgbọ HMS "Barfleur" ma sonye na
Agha nke Fort Royal na Agha nke Chesapeake, nwa oge ghọrọ post captain na iwu nke HMS "Shrewsbury" na 1782 tupu ịlaghachi na "Barfleur" dị ka onye isi na-alụ ọgụ na Agha nke St. Kitts na Agha nke Saintes. Ọ bụ ya kpatara mwakpo ikpeazụ na ịtọgbọ nke ụgbọ mmiri French "Ville de Paris" na 12 Eprel 1782.