A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Chads, Henry
CHADS. (Commander, 1845.)
Henry Chads entered the Navy 2 Aug. 1832; passed his examination 4 Sept. 1839; was promoted, from the Endymion 44, Capt. Hon. Fred. Wm. Grey, into the Nimrod 20, Capt. Fred. Henry Hastings Glasse, on the East India station, 14 June, 1841; was there transferred, 28 Feb. 1843, as Senior Lieutenant, to the Harlequin 16, Capt. Hon. Geo. Fowler Hastings; and in the following year was severely wounded when in command of that vessel’s boats in a desperate encounter with pirates on the coast of Sumatra. He was advanced, on being paid off, to his present rank, 31 Jan. 1845; and has been in command, since 21 April, 1846, of the Styx steam-sloop, on the coast of Africa.