Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure peizvi akanga asina kutonga kusvikira muna 1778, paakagadzwa kuva 74-gun ichangobva kuvakwa, uye akashanda muChannel Fleet kuburikidza na 1779 na 1780. Pashure pacho akaenda kuWest Indies sorutivi rwechikwata naSir Samuel Hood, uye akanga aripo mu
chiito cheFort Royal muMartinique musi wa 29 Kubvumbi 1781, uye muchiito cheChesapeake musi wa 5 Gunyana. Nemhaka yehurongwa hwakakanganisika hwemaitiro panguva iyoyo uye hunenge hunomanikidzwa, "Alfred" haana kutora chikamu chinoshingaira mune imwe yehondo idzi, mamiriro ezvinhu ayo akazokurukurwa zvakanyanya.