Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Duk da cewa ya bambanta kansa a Toulon, Hawke ba shi da dama a cikin shekaru uku masu zuwa. Duk da haka, an daukaka shi zuwa mai kula da jirgin sama a ranar 15 ga Yuli 1747 kuma an nada shi na biyu a cikin Kwamandan Squadron na Yamma, tare da tutar sa a cikin na huɗu a watan Agusta 1747. Ya ci gaba da maye gurbin Admiral Peter Warren a matsayin Babban Kwamandan, Channel na Turanci wanda ke kula da Squadron na Yamma, tare da tutar sa a cikin na uku, a watan Oktoba 1747. Daga nan Hawke ya yi ƙoƙari sosai don inganta aikin ma'aikatansa da kuma sanya su cikin alfahari da kishin ƙasa. An kafa Squadron na Yamma don kula da tashar jiragen ruwa na Channel Channel. A karkashin kwamandan da ya gabata, Lord Anson, ya sami nasarar mamaye gabar tekun Faransa kuma a watan Mayu 1747 ya ci nasarar Yaƙin farko na Cape Finisterre
lokacin da ya kai hari a babban jerin gwano barin tashar jiragen ruwa.