A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Clarke, Henry
CLARKE. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Clarke entered the Navy 16 May, 1832; passed his examination 14 Jan. 1837; was for some time employed in North America and the West Indies, as Mate of the Crocodile 26, Capt. Alex. Milne; and, for his services in the Yang-tse-Kiang river, as Mate of the North Star 26, Capt. Sir Jas. Everard Home, and on shore at the capture of the batteries of Woosung, was promoted, 23 Dec. 1842, to the rank of Lieutenant.[1] He has been serving, since 18 March, 1843, on board the Hazard 18, Capts. Chas. Bell and Fras. Philip Egerton, on the East India station.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1842, pp. 3400, 3821.