<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: U-Alms wazalelwa eGosport, eHampshire ngoJulayi 15, 1728, eyindodana kaJohn noMary Alms. Kuthiwa uyise wayeyinceku kaDuke waseRichmond. Ngemuva kwesikhathi esebenza emikhunjini yezohwebo wangena ebuthweni lemikhumbi ngo-1740, wajoyina i- 74-gun, futhi eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala wabalwa njenge-midshipman futhi wasebenza njenge- aide de camp kuKaputeni uCharles Watson, we-60-gun eMedithera. Wabona isenzo eMpini yaseToulon ngomhlaka 22 kuFebhuwari 1744 futhi wanconywa ngumkhuzi wakhe ngezenzo zakhe emzabalazweni. Wabe esejoyina i-74-gun, ekhonza nomkhumbi ka-Admiral George Anson ogwini lwaseFrance. Imikhumbi ka-Anson yahlangana nomkhumbi waseFrance  <response>: IMpi Yokuqala yaseCape Finisterre ngo-14 Meyi 1747, iwina ukunqoba okunqumayo futhi ithumba inqwaba yemikhumbi yempi yaseFrance nabathengisi. U-Alms wahlala e-Namur, futhi wahamba naye ngo-Okthoba ngonyaka olandelayo waya e-East Indies no-Admiral Edward Boscawen. INamur yayingenye yezikebhe ezintathu ezachitheka ogwini lwaseCoromandel ngesiphepho mhlaka 12 Ephreli 1749, kanti i-Alms yayingenye yezikebhe ezingu-23 ezasindiswa eNamur. Wakhushulwa waba ngu-lieutenant ngo-14 Meyi 1749 ngemuva kwenhlekelele, futhi wabelwa ku-, i-frigate ebuyela eNgilandi entwasahlobo ka-1752. 