Kammala wannan jumla: Key ya dauki umurnin na biyu-rate HMS "Sans Pareil" a Gabas ta Gabas da kuma China Station a watan Janairu 1856 kuma ya tafi bakin teku tare da rundunar sojan ruwa don shiga cikin
Yaƙin Canton a watan Disamba na 1857 yayin Yaƙin Opium na Biyu. An nada shi memba na Royal Commission a kan Tsaron Ƙasar Ingila a watan Agustan 1859, ya zama Kyaftin na ajiyar tururi a Devonport a watan Yuli 1860 kuma ya ci gaba da zama Kyaftin na HMS "Excellent" da kuma Superintendent na Kwalejin Royal Navy a Portsmouth a watan Yuli 1863.