A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hunt, Henry Samuel
HUNT. (Commander, 1846.)
Henry Samuel Hunt passed his examination in 1832; obtained his first commission 10 Dec. 1835; and was appointed – 13 Jan. 1836, to the Racer 18, Capt. Jas. Hope, on the North America and West India station – 14 June, 1839, as First, to the Clio 16, Capt. Stephen Grenville Fremantle, in South America – 25 Sept. 1839 and 26 Oct. 1840, to the Orestes 18, Capt. Peter Sampson Hambly, and President 50, Capt. Wm. Broughton, both on the same station – and, 26 Nov. 1841, to the command of the Basilisk 6, which vessel, employed in the Pacific, he left towards the close of 1845. He was advanced to his present rank 10 March, 1846; and is at present on half-pay.