<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Alms akaberekerwa muGosport, Hampshire musi wa15 Chikunguru 1728, mwanakomana waJohn naMary Alms. Baba vake vanonzi vaiva mushandi waDuke weRichmond. Pashure penguva yaakashanda mungarava dzevatengesi akapinda muuto rehondo muna 1740, achibatanidza 74-gun, uye pazera remakore gumi nemana akaverengerwa midshipman uye achishanda semubatsiri wechikamu kuna Captain Charles Watson, we 60-gun muMediterranean. Akaona chiito paHondo yeToulon musi wa22 Kukadzi 1744 uye akarumbidzwa nemutungamiri wake nekuda kwezviito zvake mukubatana. Ipapo akabatana ne74-gun, achishumira nechikepe chaAdmiral George Anson pamhenderekedzo yeFrance. Ngarava yaAnson yakarwa neyechiFrench muHondo Yokutanga yeCape Finisterre  <response>: musi wa14 May 1747, vakakunda zvine mutsindo uye vakatora ngarava dzehondo dzeFrance nevatengesi. Alms akagara muNamur, uye akaenda naye muna October gore rakatevera kuEast Indies naAdmiral Edward Boscawen. Namur yakanga iri imwe yengarava nhatu dzakapunzika pamhenderekedzo yeCoromandel mudutu musi wa 12 April 1749, naAlms mumwe we23 chete akaponeswa kubva kuNamur. Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa14 Chivabvu 1749 mumashure medambudziko, uye akapiwa ku, frigate inodzokera kuEngland muchirimo cha1752. 