<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Wazalelwa indodana kaRear Admiral George Knyvet Wilson no-Agnes Mary Wilson née Yonge, uWilson wafundiswa e-Eton College ngaphambi kokuba ajoyine iRoyal Navy njengenxusa lomkhumbi emkhunjini wesibili ngo-1855. Wayekhona eMpini yaseKinburn ngo-Okthoba 1855 ngesikhathi seMpi YaseCrimea. Wathuthelwa e-HMS Raleigh esezingeni lesine e-China Station ngoSepthemba 1856 kwathi ngemuva kokulahleka kwe- Raleigh eduze kwaseHong Kong, wathunyelwa e-HMS Calcutta esezingeni lesibili futhi wabona isenzo njengomlawuli wesibhamu ebuthweni lasolwandle eMpini yaseCanton  <response>: ngoDisemba ka-1857 futhi kamuva eMpini yaseTaku Forts ngoMeyi 1858 ngesikhathi seMpi Yesibili Ye-Opium. Wabelwa ukuba abe yi-steam frigate HMS Topaze ePacific Station ngoSepthemba 1859 futhi wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-lieutenant ngo-11 Disemba 1861. Ngemva kokuhambela umkhumbi i-steam frigate i-HMS Gladiator, wajoyina isikole sezikhali i-HMS Excellent ePortsmouth ngo-Ephreli 1865. Waba ngumfundisi e-Imperial Japanese Naval Academy entsha eYokohama eJapan ngoMeyi 1867 futhi wabe esehlala emkhunjini omusha wokuqeqesha i-HMS Britannia ngoJanuwari 1869. 