 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Hondo Yenyika I yapera, Wolsey yakashanda muAtlantic Fleet. Mukupera kwema1920, akavhiyiwa paChina Station. Mushure mekunge ngarava yemvura yeBritain SS Kutwo yarwisana nekunyudza ngarava yeChina inotakura mauto paRwizi Yangtze uye zviremera zveChinese zvakatyisidzira kuitora kuNanking kutanga kwaKurume 1927, Wolsey yakasvika panzvimbo yacho ndokuuya pamwe chete ne Kutwo kudzinga nechisimba chero kuedza kweChinese kukwira pairi, uye vafambisi vengarava ve Wolsey vakakwirawo ngarava yeBritish iri pedyo uye vakamanikidza vadzidzi veChinese vakanga vakwira kuti vaite kuratidzira; ngarava yechiedza yakakurumidza kubatana ne Wolsey kuNanking sekusimbisa. Mukati meNanking Incident, Wolsey akamhanya achibva kuWuhu achienda kuNanking musi wa24 Kurume 1927 kunosimbisa Emerald neUnited States Navy vanoparadza uye uye patrol yacht sezvavakapesana nemauto eChina vaityisidzira vatorwa pamhenderekedzo; akasvika sezvo dzimwe ngarava dzakavhura moto pazvinzvimbo zveChinese uye, pasina chinangwa chekusarudzwa kwezvombo zvake zvakakura, akashandisa pfuti dzake dzemachina kurwisa maChinese maChinese avo vakanga vatambudza dzimwe ngarava nezvikepe zvavo zuva rose. Yakagara muNanking, yakagadzirirwa mamwe mabasa, kusvikira vapoteri vose vokune dzimwe nyika vave vakachengeteka mungarava manheru aMarch 25, 1927. 