 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Young akapinda muuto rehondo somukuru mukuru wechikepe uye akaenda kuMediterranean, kwaaizokwira mumapoka panguva yorwendo rurefu uye rwakawedzerwa rwakamuona achishumira mungarava dzakasiyana-siyana. Kaputeni pakupera kweHondo yeAustria yekutsiva, chokwadi chakatungamira kune chirevo chinopisa chekuti aive midshipman, lieutenant, uye kaputeni parwendo rumwe, akaenderera mberi nebasa rinoshanda mushure mehondo. Akatungamirira dzimwe ngarava dzakawanda mukati meHondo Yamakore Manomwe, uye akanga ari mumwe weavo vakabatanidzwa muhondo inokakavadzana yeMinorcamuna 1756. Mutungamiriri wehondo, Admiral John Byng, akatongwa nedare rehondo pamusoro penyaya yacho, Young achipa humwe uchapupu hunopomera Byng pakubvunzurudzwa. Young akaitawo basa rinokosha muHondo yeQuiberon Bay muna 1759, achibhururuka pennant yakafara semukuru uye achibatanidzwa mukukundwa kwakasarudzika kwechikepe cheFrance. Akaenderera mberi achiraira zvikwata zvinoverengeka pamhenderekedzo yeFrance asati akwidziridzwa kuva mureza. 