Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whakatairangahia ia hei kaitautoko o te whero i te 16 o Hui-tanguru 1722, engari kaore i kitea he mahi kaha tae noa ki te 1726, i te wa i kawea ai e ia he roopu iti ki Gibraltar, i reira ka hono atu ia ki tetahi atu roopu i raro i a Sir John Jennings ki te aukati i te whakaekenga Paniora. I te hokinga mai o Jennings ki te kāinga, ka riro i a Hopson te mana i te Moana-a-Kiwa, a, i whakatairangahia ia hei kaitiaki tuarua o te moana i te 19 o Aperira 1727. I te wā e heke haere ana ngā hononga ki Paniora ki tētahi
I te pakanga, i whakapakarihia a Gibraltar e nga kaipuke e ono i raro i a Sir Charles Wager, nana nei i whakahaere te pou. I mahi a Hopson i raro i a ia i te whakapae o Gibraltar.