<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngo-18 Disemba 1855 uStephenson wajoyina iRoyal Navy, waba yi-Naval Cadet ku-HMS St Jean dAcre, eyayilawulwa ngumalume wakhe uHenry Keppel, futhi wakhonza oLwandle Olumnyama phakathi neMpi YaseCrimea. Kusukela ngoSepthemba 1856 kuya ku-Ephreli 1857 uStephenson wasebenza ngaphansi kukaKeppel njengekhadilethi ku-HMS Raleigh, esebenza e-East Indies naseChina ngesikhathi se  <response>: Impi Yesibili YamaNgisi NamaShayina, kwaze kwaba yilapho umkhumbi wakhe uphahlazeka ngaseMacau lapho ushayisa idwala elingaziwa. Bonke abasebenzi basindiswa. NgoJuni 1857 wasebenza njenge-Midshipman e-HMS Pearl, esebenza ne- Pearls Naval Brigade ngesikhathi se-Indian Mutiny ka-1857, ngesikhathi esakhulunywa ngaso ku-Despatches kathathu. NgoJuni 1861 wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant ku-HMS Emerald, esebenza e-Channel Squadron. 