<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: ULawford wabhapathizwa ngoJulayi 3, 1757 ePortsea, eyindodana endala kaJohn Lawford waseGosport noSarah Gover wasePortsea. Wajoyina ibutho lasolwandle esemncane. Wakhonza phakathi nempi neMelika, futhi kwaba uLieutenant lokuqala emkhunjini 90-gun ngesikhathi  <response>: Impi YamaSanta. Ngo-October 1788 wathuma isosha ukuba lizoqala umsebenzi walo futhi waliqondisa iminyaka emibili eyalandela. ULawford wabe esethatha umyalo wesikebhe esinezimbumbulu eziyi-16 ngesikhathi seSpanish Armament futhi wayegqoke okokuqala e-English Channel, ngaphambi kokuya eJamaica ngo-Okthoba 22, 1790, lapho echitha khona iminyaka emibili elandelayo. Waphakanyiselwa esikhundleni sokuba ngukaputeni ngesikhathi kuqubuka impi neFrance ngo-1793, futhi wathatha umyalo we-36-gun esanda kuthunjwa. Waya eBrithani ngomhlaka 5 kuFebhuwari ngonyaka olandelayo, kodwa umyalo wakhe wahlala isikhathi esifushane njengoba i-Convert yaphahlazeka ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva e-East End yaseGrand Cayman; umkhumbi kamuva wabizwa ngokuthi yi-Wreck of the Ten Sail. Ngenkathi inkantolo yezempi ngenxa yokushaqeka komkhumbi, uLawford wakhululwa futhi lo mcimbi awuzange uthinte kabi umsebenzi wakhe. ULawford wahlala esebenza eRoyal Navy futhi ngoJanuwari 1798 wathatha umyalo wezibhamu ezingama-64. Isikhathi sakhe esikebheni sakhe sasifushane, kwathi ngoMashi wasidlulisela kuKaputeni uJohn Bligh futhi wathatha umyalo womkhumbi omdala kaBligh, i-50-gun. 