Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kaputeni George Johnstone akatora basa racho pakuvamba kwa 1779 uye akashanda muEnglish Channel. Johnstone paakakwidziridzwa kuva commodore muna April gore iroro, Captain Robert Nicholas akatora basa somutungamiriri we "Romney", kunyange zvazvo akaramba ari chikamu cheboka raJohnstone uye akabhururuka pendant rake rakakura. Pashure pokugadziriswazve yakadzokera kugungwa muna 1779 sechikepe chaSir John Ross, naJohnstone achidzoka somutungamiriri. Yakanga ichibatanidzwa mumibato muChannel mukati me
yakaedza kupindirwa neFrance neSpain, pashure pacho yakabva yaenda kuLisbon. Musi wa 11 Mbudzi 1779 iye uye akabata 34-gun Spanish frigate "Santa Margarita", iyo yakazotorwa muuto rehondo se. Nokudzoka kwaJohnstone kunzvimbo ya commodore muna December 1779, kutungamira kwakapfuudzwa kuna Captain Roddam Home, kunyange zvazvo Johnstone akaramba ari mungarava. Pana 1 May 1780, "Romney" akabatanidzwa muchinoitika nechikepe chechikwata chechikwata "Sartine". "Romney" akatora ngarava mbiri dzeFrance kubva kuCape Finisterre muna Chikunguru, 38-gun musi wa 1 Chikunguru, uye 18-gun "Perle" mazuva mashanu gare gare musi wa 6 Chikunguru.