 Akagamuchira mirairo yake yekutanga akazvimiririra achishumira muEast Indies mumakore epakati pehondo, uye mushure mekupedza nguva semutungamiriri mureza mumakore ekutanga eFrance Revolutionary Hondo, akaenderera mberi achiraira nhamba yemafrigates. Halsted akapfuurira kuwana kubudirira kunoshamisa ari mungarava, uye akawana mubayiro wokutungamirira squadron. Ngarava dzaitungamirirwa nomukuru mukuru wacho dzakatora ngarava mbiri dzechiDutch ndokuparadza dzimwe dzakawanda muNorth Sea muna 1796, uye pashure penguva yakabudirira mukurwisana nevatengesi vokuIreland, akatamira kuMediterranean. Ikoko akabatsira kubata kana kuparadza ngarava dzeFrance dzinoverengeka, uye muna 1805 akanga ava kutungamirira ngarava yomutsetse. Akatora rutivi mukukundwa kwechikwata chechiFrench chakanga chatiza TrafalgarMuhondo yeCape Ortegal, asati ashanda semutungamiri wengarava kumutevedzeri wemukuru wehondo Sir Charles Cotton. Halsted akakurumidza kukwidziridzwa kuti ave mureza pachake, uye akashanda semutungamiri mukuru muWest Indies achiri mutevedzeri wemukuru. Pashure pebasa refu uye rakatanhamara, Lawrence Halsted akafa muna 1841 aine chinzvimbo chema admiral webhuruu. 