Naval Officer's career 1772-1783

Robert Vardon was baptised 31 Mar 1754 Royal Hospital, Greenwich,
Kent, England (source IGI British Isles, batch C020002)

He entered the Royal Navy aged 17 in 1772 (source: transcription of
obituary from St Andrew's Standard, New Brunswick, Canada, 24 Mar
1858)

He was a Lieutenant in command of the sloop Albany when she went down
in 1782 (source: transcription of 1783 court-martial record from
PRO, ADM 1/5322, ff. 341-351)

Study of the Albany Muster Rolls, Logs and Pay books led a researcher
to the fact that Robert Vardon, as Lieutenant, reported for duty on
board the Albany on 22 August 1779.

The obituary said he "served on board various ships,
chiefly on the Halifax station".

Is there any easier way of identifying on which ships he served
between early 1772 and August 1779, short of going through the books
for all ships on that station (I have been given the names of
Raisonable, Blondi, Greyhound, Galatea, Camilla, Virginia, but I
expect thare were other lesser vessels), and hoping that "chiefly"
meant "entirely"?

(I don't understand why he is not included in David Syrett, R.L.
DiNardo (Eds), "Commissioned sea officers of the Royal Navy,
1660-1815", given they used courts-martial records as sources.)
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