 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Rodney akanga muna 1755 na 1756, atora rutivi munzendo dzokudzivirira pasi paHawke naEdward Boscawen. Muna 1757, akatora rutivi murwendo rwokurwisa Rochefort, achitungamirira ngarava ine pfuti 74 yomutsara. Pashure pokubudirira kwokutanga, chikwata chacho hachina kuita nhamburiko yakakomba paRochefort uye chakabhururuka kuenda kumusha. Gore rakatevera, ari mungarava imwe cheteyo, akarayirwa kubatira pasi paBoscawen sorutivi rwokuedza kutora nhare yeFrance yeLouisbourg muNorth America. Akapiwa basa rokutakura Major General Jeffery Amherst, mutungamiriri weboka racho kuenda kuLouisbourg. Ari munzira Rodney akabata mumwe murume wechiFrench wokuEast India, ndokuenda naye kuVigo. Ichi chiito chakaona kutanga kwekushoropodzwa kwaRodney kuti aive akabatwa nemari yemubhadharo pamberi pekukosha kwakarongeka, nevamwe vachiti akapedza mavhiki maviri kana kupfuura muVigo achivimbisa mari yake yemubhadharo pachinzvimbo chekutakura Amherst kuenda kuLouisbourg. Ikoku kunoratidzika kuva kusiri kwechokwadi, sezvo Rodney akafamba nechikepe mukati memazuva mana kubva kuVigo. 