John Neale Dalton ni a yàn gẹgẹbi olukọ wọn ni 1871. Ko si Victor Albert tabi George ti o tayọ ni oye. Bi baba wọn ṣe ro pe ọkọ oju omi jẹ "ikẹkọ ti o dara julọ fun eyikeyi ọmọkunrin", ni Oṣu Kẹsan ọdun 1877, nigbati George jẹ ọdun mejila, awọn arakunrin mejeeji darapọ mọ ọkọ oju omi cadet HMS Britannia ni Dartmouth, Devon. Fun ọdun mẹta lati ọdun 1879, awọn arakunrin mejeeji ṣiṣẹ lori HMS Bacchante, ti o tẹle nipasẹ Dalton.
John Neale Dalton