Editing Arthur Phillip (section)

===Royal Navy and the Seven Years' War===
{{further|Great Britain in the Seven Years' War}}
[[File:HMSBuckingham.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|HMS ''Buckingham'', Phillip's first posting after joining the Navy in 1755. Vessel pictured on the stocks at [[Deptford]] Dockyard on the [[River Thames]], c. 1751. Painting by [[John Cleveley the Elder]]. [[National Maritime Museum]], London.]]

On 16&nbsp;October 1755, Phillip enlisted in the [[Royal Navy]] as captain's servant aboard the 68-gun {{HMS|Buckingham|1751|6}},{{sfn|Parker|2009|p=5}} commanded by his mother's cousin, Captain Michael Everitt.{{sfn|Hiscocks|2018a}} As a member of ''Buckingham''{{'}}s crew, Phillip served in home waters until April 1756 and then joined [[Admiral of the Blue|Admiral]] [[John Byng]]'s Mediterranean fleet.{{sfn|Tink|2009|p=30}} The ''Buckingham'' was [[Rear-Admiral of the Red|Rear-Admiral]] [[Temple West]]'s flagship at the [[Battle of Minorca (1756)|Battle of Minorca]] on 20&nbsp;May 1756.{{sfn|Hiscocks|2018a}}

Phillip moved on 1&nbsp;August 1757, with Everitt, to the 90-gun {{HMS|Union|1756|6}}, which took part in the [[Raid on St Malo]] on 5–12&nbsp;June 1758. Phillip, again with Captain Everitt, transferred on 28&nbsp;December 1758 to the 64-gun {{HMS|Stirling Castle|1742|6}},{{sfn|Hiscocks|2018a}} which went to the [[West Indies]] to serve at the [[Battle of Havana (1762)|Siege of Havana]].{{sfn|Tink|2009|p=30}} On 7&nbsp;June 1761, Phillip was commissioned as a [[Lieutenant (Royal Navy)|lieutenant]] in recognition for his active service.{{sfn|Tink|2009|p=30}} With the coming of peace on 25&nbsp;April 1763, he was retired on half-pay.{{sfn|Tink|2009|p=30}}