<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJanuwari 1755, uHowe wanikezwa umyalo we-HMS Dunkirk esezingeni lesine futhi wathunyelwa eNyakatho Melika njengengxenye yesikhala esilawulwa ngu-Admiral Edward Boscawen: ukuthunjwa kwakhe kweFrance Alcide kwaba isibhamu sokuqala esidubule eMpini Yeminyaka Eyisikhombisa. Wakhethwa njengelungu lePhalamende laseDartmouth ngoMeyi 1757 futhi waba ngumkhuzi wesithathu we-HMS Magnanime e-Channel ngoJulayi 1757. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube yilapho ukuthula kwe-1763, wakhonza e-Channel emikhombeni ehlukahlukene engaphumelelanga ngokumelene nogu lwaseFrance, ethola idumela njengomphathi oqinile futhi onekhono ngenxa yendima yakhe ochungechungeni lwezindiza zasolwandle ogwini lwaseFrance kubandakanya i-Raid on Rochefort ngoSepthemba 1757. Wakhushulwa waba yi-commodore, nge-pennant yakhe ebanzi e-third-rate HMS Essex, wabamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kweSt Malo ngoJuni 1758, iMpi yaseSaint Cast ngoSepthemba 1758 kanye nokuhlaselwa kweCherbourg  <response>: ngo-August 1758. Waziwa kakhulu ngokuziphatha kwakhe eRochefort, lapho athatha khona i-Île-dAix, futhi uGeorge Rodney wamchaza njengokwenza imisebenzi yakhe ngesinqumo esipholile futhi esizinzile, njengoba kumzuzele indumiso yomhlaba wonke wamasosha nemikhumbi yempi. 