A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Foster, Henry Decolas
FOSTER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
Henry Decolas Foster entered the Navy 23 July, 1813; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his commission 6 Sept. 1828. He was afterwards employed for some time in the Helicon 10, Capt. Robt. Henry Stanhope. He joined the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, 26 Nov. 1830; entered the Coast Guard 5 April, 1831; was transferred, as First-Lieutenant, to the Stag 46, Capt. Thos. Ball Sulivan, on the South American station, 6 Dec. 1836; returned to England in 1839, after an absence of more than two years; and, since 9 Oct. 1840, has again been in the Coast Guard.