Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Aikin jirgin ruwa na Benjamin Hallowell ya shafi Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Amurka, Yakin Juyin Juya Halin Faransa da Yaƙe-yaƙe na Napoleon, kuma ya shiga cikin manyan ayyuka a cikin duka ukun. A matsayinsa na Laftanar a cikin rundunar Admiral Lord Hood, ya ga aikin a cikin yakin St. Kitts da Saintes
a shekara ta 1782. Ya ci gaba da aiki bayan yakin ya ƙare. A ƙarshen 1790 an daukaka shi zuwa matsayin kwamandan a cikin, wanda daga baya ya tashi zuwa gabar Afirka. An ba shi izini a matsayin kyaftin a watan Agusta 1793, shi da jirginsa sun shiga cikin kwashewa bayan kewaye da Toulon a wannan shekarar. Ya shiga cikin Siege na Bastia a karkashin umarnin Lord Hood, sannan a matsayin mai sa kai a kama Calvi, Corsica, a 1794 (wanda Nelson ya rasa idon ido na dama); an ambaci shi a cikin sakonni daga Lord Hood saboda rawar da ya taka a wannan aikin, kuma daga baya aka ba shi umurnin.