 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Smith akashanda muNavy munguva yeCommonwealth, achiraira ngarava muhondo dzinoverengeka dzeFirst Anglo-Dutch War. Akaramba ari muNavy mushure mekudzorerwa kwehumambo uye akabatanidzwa mune zvimwe zviito nemaDutch, panguva yeChipiri Anglo-Dutch Hondo. Akakwira chinzvimbo kuti ave mumwe wevatungamiriri vaduku vezvikepe zvoumambo, uye pane dzimwe nguva aitungamirira mapoka ake pachake pamafambiro akazvimirira. Akabatanidzwa zvikuru muHondo yeSt. Jamess Day, kwaakatungamira kumashure kwechiRungu, uye akarwa hondo yakaoma kurwisa squadron yeDutch pasi paCornelis Tromp. Smith akabatanidzwa mukukwikwidzana kwehunyanzvi nemumwe mukuru wemauto, Sir Robert Holmes, asi akabudirira kuramba mhosva yekutya, uye akabata chinzvimbo muhurumende yemauto, kusvika parufu rwake muna 1675. 