 In 1786 Berkeley commanded HMS "Magnificent" and remained with her for three years until 1789 when he became surveyor-general of the ordnance.He left the post after the French Revolutionary Wars broke out in 1793, taking over HMS "Marlborough".Berkeley was still in command of "Marlborough" when she fought under Lord Howe at the Glorious First of June, fighting as part of Admiral Thomas Pasley's van division there and at the preceding Atlantic campaign of May 1794.