A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Tylden, Henry Manby
TYLDEN. (Lieutenant, 1836.)
Henry Manby Tylden passed his examination in 1824; obtained his commission 28 Nov. 1836; and was subsequently appointed – 29 Nov. 1836, as Additional-Lieutenant, to the Melville 74, flag-ship of Hon. Sir Chas. Paget in North America and the West Indies – 15 Dec. 1837, to the Magicienne 24, Capt. Geo. Wm. St. John Mildmay, on the Lisbon station – 29 Jan. 1840, to the Blenheim 72, Capt. Sir Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, in the East Indies – 13 Oct. 1840, to the Conway 26, Capt. Chas. Ramsay Drinkwater Bethune, under whom he took part in the operations of 1841 against Canton – 31 Oct. 1845, after nearly four years of half-pay, to the command of the Lizard steamer, of 150 horsepower, on the S.E. coast of America – and 17 June, 1847, for a few months, to the Coast Guard. While in the Parana in the spring of 1846, and in the act of passing the batteries of San Lorenzo, in the possession of General Rosas, the Lizard was for nearly two hours exposed to a terrific fire. She received 7 shot between wind and water, besides 9 cannon, 14 grape, and 41 musket balls in her hull and bulwarks, and 7 cannon and grape in the funnel and steam-pipes; and her boats, mainmast, and rigging, fore and aft, were shot through and through by cannon. Four men were killed and 4 slightly wounded. The whole manner in which Lieut. Tylden handled his vessel and the gallantry and judgment he exhibited obtained him great credit.[1]
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1846, pp. 3210, 3211.