 On 4 January 1655/56 he was given command of the "Worcester" and again sailed with Blake.In the Battle of Cadiz (9 September 1656) he commanded the 52-gun "Tredagh" in Captain Richard Stayner's squadron and captured a merchantman intact with its valuable cargo.He seems to have participated in the brilliant victory in the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1657).