<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UBruce wazalelwa eStoke Damerel, eDevonport, eDevon, indodana kaKhomanda uSir Thomas Bruce, kamuva owaba uMphathi Wezimpahla eDover. Walandela uyise e-Navy njenge-Cadet e-HMS Britannia ngo-1875. Inkonzo yakhe yokuqala yasolwandle yayise-HMS Black Prince, umkhumbi-jikelele we-Channel Squadron kanye nomkhumbi wempi wesibili onesihlangu esiqinile eRoyal Navy. Wabe esejoyina i-frigate i-HMS Raleigh eMedithera njenge-Midshipman, elandelwa yi-HMS Monarch, umkhumbi wokuqala we-turret, kusukela ngoNovemba 1879, ehlanganyela eMpini yase-Anglo-Egypt  <response>: ka-1882 owawubizwa ngokuthi i- Wakhushulwa waba yi-Sub-Lieutenant ngoJuni 1882, waya eRoyal Naval College, eGreenwich ngo-Agasti 1882, kwathi ngo-1883 waqokwa esikebheni sezikhali i-HMS Swinger e-Australia. Wahlala kuyo kwaze kwaba ngo-1887, ngemuva kokuphakanyiswa waba nguLieutenant ngoDisemba 1884. NgoFebhuwari 1888 wajoyina umkhumbi i-HMS Porpoise e-China Station kwathi ngo-Agasti 1891 wajoyina umkhumbi i-HMS Beagle e-North American Station. NgoJanuwari 1894 waqokwa njengomphathi wezikhali we-cruiser HMS Marathon esiteshini sase-East Indies, wenza izifundo zezikhali ku-HMS Excellent, kwathi ngo-1897 wajoyina i-cruiser HMS Sirius, ethwala abasebenzi bokusiza eMedithera. 