 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hugh Downman akaberekerwa muPlympton, Devon munenge muna 1765. Babamunini vake vakanga vari Dr Hugh Downman, chiremba uye mudetembi, uyo akawana nokuda kwomuzukuru wake kupiwa kubatira mungarava ine pfuti 32 somurwi. Downman akagamuchira chipo ichi, achibatanidza ngarava, iyo yakanga iri pasi pekutungamira kwaCaptain Mitchell Graham, musi wa10 Gumiguru 1776. Akashumira ari mungarava yeThetis kwamakore maviri akatevera, achisiya ngarava muna August 1778 ndokupinda muuto reThetis. Arethusa yakaparara paUshant musi wa 19 March 1779 ichidzingirira ngarava yeFrance, uye Downman navamwe vashandi vakatapwa nevaFrance. Akashandurwa munaJanuary 1780 Downman akapfuurira kushumira ari muchikepe pasi paKaputeni Samuel Marshall, asati aenda kune 74-gun muna May 1782. Edgar panguva ino akanga achibhururuka pennant yakafara yaCommodore William Hotham, uye muna October wegore iroro akanga ari rutivi rwezvikepe zvakatumwa pasi paIshe Howe kunyaradza Gibraltar. Mukusangana kupfupi nezvikepe zveSpain zvakatevera musi wa20 Gumiguru Edgar aive nevarume vatanhatu vakakuvadzwa. 