A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wood, James (d)
WOOD. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
James Wood (d) entered the Navy 24 May, 1825; passed his examination 17 Aug. 1831; and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 1 Oct. 1841. His appointments have since been – 5 April and 19 Aug 1842, and 1 Jan. 1843, to the Sylvia, Rocket, and Fearless surveying-vessels, all commanded, on the Home station, by Capt. Wm. Louis Sheringham – and 8 Feb. 1845, to the command, which he still retains, of the Pandora, another surveying-vessel, employed in the Pacific. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.