 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hondo yokuzvimiririra kweAmerica payakatanga, Hunter akashanda achitungamirirwa naHowe kwenguva yose yaaiva mukuru mukuru, achitova tenzi wengarava. Akanga achishingaira muChesapeake raid uye nzendo paDelaware, pamwe nekudzivirirwa kweSandy Hook. Pamusoro pokurangarira kwaHowe, mukurumbira wake zvino wakashata nehurumende yeSandwich, Hunter akanga asingakwanisi kuita kuti chikumbiro chake chokuitwa lieutenant chinokudzwa chiitwe. Panzvimbo pezvo akabatana ne74-gun somuzvipiri muna 1779, pasi pomutungamiriri wayo, Keith Stewart. Iye akagadzwa lieutenant weHMS Union naSir Charles Hardy, asi Admiralty akaramba kusimbisa kugadzwa uye Hunter akadzokera ku Berwick semunhu anozvipira muna 1780, uye akabuda kuWest Indies. Ikoko akagamuchira basa kubva kumukuru mukuru wehondo, Sir George Rodney. Hunter akadzokera kuEngland ari muBerwick muna 1781, uye akanga aripo paHondo yeDogger Bank musi wa5 Nyamavhuvhu gore iroro. Howe akamugadza tenzi wechitatu wechikepe chake muna 1782, uye akakwidziridzwa kuva tenzi wekutanga nenguva yaakatora chikamu mukununurwa kweGibraltar uye Hondo yeCape Spartel. Mushure mekurwisana uku Hunter akagadzwa kuva mutungamiri wake wokutanga, we14-gun sloop HMS Marquis de Seignelay, musi wa12 November 1782. 