Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1780, Knight ya koma Amurkawa a cikin jirgin HMS "Barfleur" kuma ya shiga cikin yakin Fort Royal
da kuma yakin Chesapeake, a takaice ya zama kyaftin din kwamandan HMS "Shrewsbury" a 1782 kafin ya koma "Barfleur" a matsayin kyaftin kuma ya yi yaƙi a yakin St. Kitts da yakin Saintes. Shi ne ke da alhakin bugun karshe da mika wuya na Faransa flagship "Ville de Paris" a ranar 12 ga Afrilu 1782.