 After a spirited attack by sea and land he captured it on 4 May, and three Dutch East Indiamen, richly laden, who anchored in the bay, were seized.With his squadron and prizes and the homeward-bound ships in convoy, Munden arrived in England in August, and on 6 December was knighted by the king, "in consideration of his eminent service".In April 1677, in command of the "St David", he convoyed the trade to the Mediterranean, was for some time at Zante, afterwards at Scanderoon, and for fourteen months at Smyrna.