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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Coode, Henry

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1663190A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Coode, HenryWilliam Richard O'Byrne

COODE. (Lieutenant, 1829.)

Henry Coode was born 2 May, 1798.

This officer entered the Navy, 17 Aug. 1812, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Cornwall 74, Capt. John Broughton; and, until the conclusion of the war, was employed in that ship and, as Midshipman, in the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, blockading Flushing, the Texel, and Brest, and protecting the trade on the coast of Brazil. He afterwards served, latterly as Admiralty-Mate, on the West India, Home, and Mediterranean stations, in the Antelope 50, Capt. Geo. Sayer, Brisk 10, Capt. John Wm. Montagu, Pyramus 42, Capts. Fras. Newcombe and Robt. Gambler, and Spartiate 76, Capt. Fred. Warren. Having passed his examination 2 June, 1819, he was promoted, 26 Aug. 1829, to a Lieutenancy in the Mosquito 10, Capt. Chas. Bentham; and, after a further servitude on board the Rodney 92, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Nimrod 20, Capt. John Frazer, was placed on half-pay in 1836. Since that period Mr. Coode has been unemployed.