Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan wannan ba shi da iko har zuwa 1778, lokacin da aka nada shi zuwa sabon ginin 74-gun, kuma ya yi aiki a cikin Channel Fleet ta hanyar 1779 da 1780. Daga baya ya tafi West Indies a matsayin wani ɓangare na tawagar tare da Sir Samuel Hood, kuma ya kasance a cikin aikin Fort Royal
a Martinique a ranar 29 ga Afrilu 1781, kuma a cikin aikin Chesapeake a ranar 5 ga Satumba. Saboda tsarin da ba daidai ba ne na dabarun da aka yi amfani da shi a lokacin kuma kusan wajibi ne, "Alfred" ba shi da wani aiki a cikin ɗayan waɗannan fadace-fadace, yanayin da aka tattauna sosai.