 Complete the following phrase:  Swift was Bowyers only command as a commander because on 28 October 1762 he was promoted to post-captain. He was given command of the frigate HMS Sheerness at the same time and served in her in the Mediterranean until 17 December 1763 when he paid her off, the Seven Years War having ended. Bowyer stayed unemployed until the American Revolutionary War began, when on 31 October 1776 he was given command of the ship of the line HMS Burford in which he served off the coast of Ireland. He left Burford to recommission the ship of the line HMS Albion on 4 May 1778; on 9 June he sailed her to North America before travelling to the West Indies on 13 December as part of the fleet of Vice-Admiral John Byron. As part of the fleet Bowyer fought at the 