 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akakwidziridzwa kuva lieutenant musi wa22 December 1842, Key akaiswa paHMS Curacoa yechishanu paSouth America Station. MunaFebruary 1844 akachinjirwa ku steam frigate HMS Gorgon uye aive achishanda semutungamiri we schooner HMS Fanny paHondo yeVuelta de Obligado munaNovember 1845 panguva yeAnglo-French blockade yeRío de la Plata. Akakwidziridzwa kuva mutungamiri musi wa18 Mbudzi 1845, akapiwa mutungamiri wezvikepe zveHMS Bulldog muMediterranean Fleet muna May 1847. Akakwidziridzwa kuva kaputeni musi wa11 Gumiguru 1850, akabva atora mutungamiri we steam frigate HMS Amphion munaNovember 1853 uye akaona basa muCrimean War. Muna May 1854, HMS Amphion nechikepe chinotyaira chinotyaira chinonzi HMS Conflict chakakunda guta reLiepāja, rine vagari vanenge 10 000, muLatvia pasina kana pfuti yakapfurwa. Akatorawo rutivi muHondo yeBomarsundmuna August 1854 uye Kuputika kweSveaborg muna August 1855. Akagadzwa kuva Companion weOrder yeBhati musi wa 5 Chikunguru 1855. 