Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te timatanga o te American Revolutionary War "Burford" i whakahaua i raro i te Kapene G Bowyer mo Ireland, a ka oti te whakarite i Plymouth Dockyard i Mei 1777. I waenganui i Maehe me Whiringa-a-rangi 1777 i te Portsmouth Dockyard e rite ana mo nga East Indies i te utu o te £ 11,393.9.7d. I whakahaua i te marama o Mei 1778 e Kapene Taylor Penny, i tangohia e Kapene Peter Rainier i te Oketopa o taua tau i mua i te rere i te 7 o Maehe 1779 mo te mahi ki a Rear Admiral Edward Hughes i te teihana o East Indies. I uru ia ki te whakangaromanga o te kaipuke i Mangalore i te 8 o Tihema 1780, ana i nga pakanga o Sadras,
Providien, Negapatam, Trincomalee me Cuddalore ki te Kaihauturu o te French Chef d'escadre Suffren. I te tau 1784 ka hoki mai ia ki Ingarangi me Sir Richard king, ka tae ki Woolwich Dockyard i te 3 o Hurae 1784.