[2] He arrived in the UK the following year and was admitted to the Navigation Department of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Lin then took an internship on the HMS Minotaur and took the ship to travel the Mediterranean Sea and other places.

In the spring of 1887, he and Deng Shichang, Ye Zugui, Qiu Baoren and others went to Germany and the United Kingdom to pick up state-of-the-art ships.

The four warships ordered from abroad returned safely in the spring of 1888 and Lin Yongsheng was promoted to Captain due to his achievements in taking over the ships.

[3] According to the order of official ranks in the Beiyang Navy Charter, Lin Yongsheng was the sixth commander.

Around this time, Lin was noted as being honest and kind-hearted and was described as " having a gentle and easy-going personality,... never reprimanding others in public .