Royal Naval Biography/Nias, Joseph
JOSEPH NIAS, Esq.
[Commander.]
Passed his examination in April 1814; and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, on his return from the Arctic regions, in the Hecla, commanded by the enterprising Parry, Dec. 26th, 1820[1]. On the 1st of the following month, he was appointed senior lieutenant of the Fury, in which ship he served under the same officer until paid off, at Deptford, Nov. 14th, 1823[2]. His advancement to the rank of commander took place Nov. 11th, 1827.