A Naval Biographical Dictionary/West, Henry (b)
WEST. (Lieutenant, 1846.)
Henry West passed his examination 6 Sept. 1842; and, after having served at Portsmouth in the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capts. Sir Thos. Hastings and Henry Ducie Chads, was appointed in that capacity to the Nimrod 20, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, fitting for the coast of Africa; where he continued employed as Lieutenant (commission dated 29 June, 1846) in the Actaeon 26, Capt. Geo. Mansel, Britomart 8, Capt. Wm. Chas. Chamberlain, and Rapid 8, Capt. Edw. Dixon – in the two last as Senior – until the early part of 1849.