 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Akazvarwa mwanakomana waSir Edward Herbert naMargaret Smith, mwanasikana waThomas Smith, Herbert akabatana neRoyal Navy muna 1663. Akagadzwa kuva lieutenant muchikamu chechitatu HMS Defence uye akaona chiito paSt. Jamess Day Battlemuna July 1666 mukati meHondo yechipiri yeAnglo-Dutch. Akasimudzirwa kuva post-kaputeni muna 1666, akapiwa murairo wechishanu-rate HMS Pembroke muna April 1667, wechina-rate HMS Constant Warwick muna September 1668 uye wechina-rate HMS Dragon muna May 1672. Akapfuurira kuva kaputeni wechitatu-rate HMS Dreadnought muchirimo cha 1672 uye akamurayira paHondo yeSolebay muna May 1672 munguva yeFrance-Dutch War. Pashure pacho akatora murairo wechitatu-mugove HMS Cambridge muna October 1673 uye akakuvadzwa zvakakomba apo achirayira iye paHondo yeSchooneveld muna June 1673. Akarayira HMS Rupert yechitatu-yepamusoro muna February 1678 uye akabva atungamirira boka revarwi rakapiwa basa rokudzivirira Tangier kubva kuvaMoor muna December 1679. 