 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Muna 1842, akatumirwa kuchamhembe kunonzvera mhenderekedzo yeVancouver Island uye yaizova Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard. Munguva yorwendo rwokuongorora, vashandi vePandora vakawana kuti Esquimalt Harbour yakanga ine ukuru uye udzamu hwakakodzera kushandiswa sehotera yeRoyal Navy. Sezvo makakatanwa pakati peBritain neAmerica akakwira mukati mekukakavadzana kwemuganhu weOregon nzvimbo iri kumugumo wokumaodzanyemba kweVancouver Island yaizobatsira kusimbisa chikumbiro cheBritain kuzvitsuwa zvose. Chibvumirano cheOregon cha1846 chakapa Britain kuzvitonga zvose zvechitsuwa chacho. Muna 1848, yakatumirwa kuEsquimalt uye ndiyo yaiva mudziyo wokutanga kugoverwa ikoko. Muzhizha ra1854, ngarava dzinoverengeka, dzaisanganisira,,, uye dzakabva kuValparaíso ndokuenda mhiri kwePacific Ocean dzichimira paMarquesas Islands ipapo dzakaenda kuHonolulu uko dzakasangana neboka reFrance rengarava dzehondo. Pakupera kwaAugust, zvikepe zvakabatanidzwa zvakaenda kuRussia kunopinda muKukombwa kwePetropavlovskuko Mutungamiriri Mukuru-mukuru David Price akafa. Kaputeni Frederick William Erskine Nicolson we Pique akawana patent uye akatora kutungamira kwemauto eBritish kubva musi wa31 Nyamavhuvhu 1854 kusvika pakasvika Mutungamiri Mukuru anotevera. Muna 1855, matumba eCrimea matatu akavakwa paEsquimalt kuti ashande sechipatara chaida kugamuchira vakakuvadzwa muHondo yeCrimea. Dzimba dzacho dzaiva dzimba dzokutanga pamhenderekedzo yegungwa paEsquimalt. 