 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Towry akaberekwa muna March 1767, akadzidza paEton College uye akabatana neRoyal Navy pazera remakore 13 pasi pokutarisira kwaIshe Longford. Akashanda panguva yeAmerican Revolutionary War ari muHMS Alexander uye akapinda mukununurwa kweGreat Siege yeGibraltarmuna 1782. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo iye akapfuurira mubasa pasi paDuke weClarence uye pakuputika kweFrance Revolutionary Wars iye akabatanidzwa kuMediterranean Fleet pasi pekutsigirwa naIshe Hood. Akakurumidza kusimudzirwa uye muna 1794 akanga ari kaputeni wepamberi achitungamirira muduku muduku 28-gun frigate HMS Dido. Dido yakanga iri ngarava bedzi yeMediterranean Fleet kuti ichinjanise moto nezvikepe zveFrance munguva yeMartins cruise ye1794, asi yakanga isingakwanisi kudzivisa vaFrance kutiza muGourjean Bay. 