sentences:  Entering the Navy fully in May 1774, Harvey became a midshipman aboard the sloop HMS "Lynx" and spent the next two years in the West Indies.Briefly returning to Britain at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Harvey returned to the eastern seaboard of North America late in 1776 aboard HMS "Mermaid", before transferring to the flagship of the North America Station HMS "Eagle".From there Harvey joined HMS "Liverpool" on temporary assignment, only to be wrecked on Long Island aboard the frigate in 1778.