 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hornby akanga asina mutsigiri apo hurumende yeAberdeen yakava nesimba muna December 1852 uye panzvimbo pezvo yakatarisira pfuma yababa vake paLordington uye haina kutora rutivi muHondo yeCrimea. Kutevera kuchinja kwehurumende, Hornby akava mukuru mukuru wefrigate HMS Tribune paPacific Station muna August 1858. Paakasvika paVancouver Island neboka ravarwi vengarava, akawana kuti boka remauto eAmerica rakanga rava kuda kutora Zvitsuwa zveSan Juan munharo inozivikanwa seHondo yeNguruve. Hornby akashandisa simba rake rokukurukurirana kuti agadzirise kuti zvitsuwa zvacho zvipiwe kuUnited States nenzira ine rugare. 