A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Reed, Archibald
REED. (Commander, 1837.)
Archibald Reed entered the Navy 6 April, 1815; passed his examination in 1821; and for his conduct as Admiralty-Midshipman of the Arachne, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, during the war in Ava (where he was mentioned in connection with the capture of a large 36-gun stockade at Than-ta-bain, 6 Feb. 1825,[1] and was at all times spoken of in the strongest terms), was made Lieutenant, 10 Dec. 1825, into the Alligator 28, Capt. Chads, with whom he returned to England and was paid off in Jan. 1827. His succeeding appointments were – 13 Oct. 1828, to the Ranger 28, Capt. Wm. Walpole, on the Jamaica station – 29 April, 1830, to the Slaney 20, Capt. Chas. Parker, which vessel was put out of commission on her return from the West Indies 29 Jan. 1831 -and 21 Sept. 1833, to the Andromache 28, Capts. Bernard Yeoman and H. D. Chads, under the latter of whom we find him, when in company with the Imogene 28, forcing, in Sept. 1834, the passage of the Boca Tigris, in China. On the arrival home of the Andromache from the East Indies, being at the time her First-Lieutenant, he was advanced, 27 Sept. 1837, to the rank of Commander. His last appointment was to the Racer 16, in which vessel he served on the south-east coast of America from 28 April, 1843, until the close of 1847.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1823, p. 1493.