Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Hawan Ferris ta hanyar darajoji ya kawo masa umarnin kananan jiragen ruwa da yawa a lokacin zaman lafiya tsakanin karshen yakin Amurka na 'Yancin kai da barkewar yaƙe-yaƙe na juyin juya halin Faransa, amma bai sami matsayin cikakken kyaftin ba har zuwa farkon yaƙe-yaƙe da Faransa. Ya shafe mafi yawan yakin a cikin umurnin jirgin ruwa guda, a kan ayyuka masu yawa. Ƙarin aiki da umarni na al'ada ya biyo baya, kuma ya shiga cikin kama Gorée a 1801. Da yake dawowa daga wannan nasara, an nada shi a matsayin kwamandan bindigogi 74, kuma ya aika da jirgin ruwa a karkashin Rear-Admiral Sir James Saumarez don yin sintiri a tashar jiragen ruwa na Faransa da Spain. Yayin aiwatar da wannan aikin, Saumarez ya gano kuma ya kai hari ga rundunar soja a karkashin Charles-Alexandre Léon Durand Linois. Wannan aikin, da
Yaƙin farko na Algeciras, ya yi yaƙi sosai, kuma ruwan da ba shi da zurfi, iska mai sauƙi da kuma kasancewar batura na bakin teku na abokan gaba. "Hannibal" ya yi tsere kuma ya lalace sosai, yana fama da asarar rayuka da yawa. Ƙoƙarin ƙoƙarin fitar da ita ya kasa, kuma sauran rundunar jiragen ruwa ba su iya taimaka mata ba. A cikin halin da ba shi da bege, an tilasta Ferris ya mika jirginsa.