Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mwanakomana bedzi mupenyu waDr. Stephen Briggs, Chiremba Mukuru paMadras, naMagdalene Pasley, Briggs akapinda muNavy musi wa 10 September 1791. Akatanga kushumira somunhu anozvipira wokutanga-kirasi ari mungarava, ari pasi pomurayiro wababamunini vake Kaputeni Thomas Pasley. Gare gare akamutevera kupinda muchikepe aine chinzvimbo chemu midshipman. Pakati pa1793 na1798, Briggs akashanda pasi paKaputeni Charles Tyler mu, uye, achitora chikamu mumabasa ekurwisa Toulon neCorsica muna 1793-94, uye akaona chiito pasi paAdmiral William Hotham muhondo yeGenoa
musi wa 14 March uye Hondo yeHyères Islands musi wa 13 July 1795.