 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - MuEngland, Cotton akagara paMadingley ndokuroora Philadelphia Rowley, mwanasikana waAdmiral Sir Joshua Rowley. Vaviri ava vaiva nevana vana vakapona uye vakagara mumudyandigere wakanaka panguva yerunyararo rwe1780s. Muna 1793, masvondo maviri pashure pokunge Hondo yeFrance yeChimurenga yatanga, Cotton akayeuchidzwa kuti ashande muHMS Majestic uye akabatana neChannel Fleet pasi paIshe Howe. Muna June 1794, Majestic yakabatanidzwa paGlorious First yaJuneuko Cotton akatora nguva yakareba kuti apinde muchiito, achitadza kusvika kumaFrench kusvikira pakupedzisira mukubatana uye kutora Sans Pareil. Pasinei nokujoina kurwa, Ishe Howe akasiya Cotton kubva pakutumira kwake muhondo uye semhedzisiro, Cotton akarambidzwa kuzivikanwa zviri pamutemo uye haana kugamuchira menduru yegoridhe yakapihwa kune vazhinji vevakuru vakuru vaivepo pachiitiko ichi. 