<prompt> Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Drake akabva atumirwa kunobatana naRodney kuWest Indies, ndokumuperekedza kuenda kumhenderekedzo yeNorth America, ndokudzokera zvakare kuWest Indies, kwaakagamuchira komisheni se-rear-admiral, musi wa 26 Gunyana 1780. Akabva asimudza mureza wake muzvombo makumi manomwe; akatora chikamu pasi paRodney mumabasa ekurwisa zviwi zveDutch, kusanganisira Kutorwa kweSint Eustatius, uye akaburitswa pasi paSir Samuel Hood kuti avhare Martinique, uko, aine mureza wake muna, akabatikana muhondo yeFort Royal  <response>: neDe Grasse musi wa 29 April 1781. MunaAugust, aine mureza wake zvakare mu Princess, akaperekedza Hood kuNorth America, uye akatungamira van muhondo yeChesapeake musi wa5 Gunyana, pamwe neuto riri pasi paSir Thomas Graves. Mwanasikana wamambo akakuvadzwa zvikuru muhondo, achimanikidzira Drake kuchinja mureza wake kwenguva pfupi kuenda kune 74-gun. 