<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Bruce akaberekerwa muStoke Damerel, Devonport, Devon, mwanakomana waCommander Sir Thomas Bruce, uyo gare gare akava Superintendent of Packets paDover. Akatevera baba vake kupinda muNavy seCadet paHMS Britannia muna 1875. Basa rake rokutanga mugungwa raiva muHMS Black Prince, ngarava huru yeChannel Squadron uye yechipiri yehondo yehondo muRoyal Navy. Akabva apinda muchikepe chinonzi HMS Raleigh muMediterranean seMidshipman, achiteverwa neHMS Monarch, chikepe chekutanga chine turret, kubva munaNovember 1879, achitora chikamu muAnglo-Egyptian War  <response>: ra1882. Akasimudzirwa kuva Sub-Lieutenant muna June 1882, akaenda kuRoyal Naval College, Greenwich muna August 1882, uye muna 1883 akagadzwa kugunboat HMS Swinger muAustralia. Akaramba aripo kusvikira muna 1887, achisimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant muna December 1884. Muna February 1888 akabatana nechikepe chinonzi HMS Porpoise paChina Station uye muna August 1891 akaenda kuchikepe chinonzi HMS Beagle paNorth American Station. Muna Ndira 1894 akagadzwa mukuru wezvombo zvehondo zveHMS Marathon paEast Indies Station, akaita kosi yezvombo zvehondo paHMS Excellent, uye muna 1897 akabatana neHMS cruiser Sirius, achitakura vashandi vekuyamura kuenda kuMediterranean. 