A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Coles, Cowper Phipps
COLES. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Cowper Phipps Coles pdssed his examination 1 Aug. 1838; was employed for gome time in the Mediterranean on board the Ganges 84, Capt. Barrington Reynolds; joined, in 1842, the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; and was appointed, towards the close of 1843, to the Virago steam-vessel, Capt. Geo. Graham Otway, again in the Mediterranean. He obtained his commission, 9 Jan. 1846; and since 30 of the following April has been serving in the St. Vincent 120, on the Home station.