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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| Henry Boys R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Son of Captain Edward Boys, RN (1785-1866) | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 30 September 1820 | Born (Upper Deal, Kent) | ||
| 16 March 1904 | Died (Blackheath) | ||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 9 February 1846 | Lieutenant | ||
| 14 May 1853 | Commander | ||
| 17 October 1857 | Captain | ||
| 30 July 1875 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 9 January 1880 | Vice-Admiral | ||
| 1 June 1885 | Admiral | ||
| 1 July 1885 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 7 May 1846 | 29 August 1847 | Lieutenant in Snake, commanded by Thomas Bourmaster Brown, Cape of Good Hope (until that vessel was lost in Mozambique channel) | |
| 14 May 1853 | 20 September 1856 | Commander in Express (until paying off at Plymouth), south-east coast of America | |
| 11 September 1863 | 23 November 1864 | Commander in Pelorus (from commissioning), East Indies and China | |
| 23 November 1864 | 30 January 1867 | Captain in Barrosa (until paying off at Sheerness), China | |
| 25 July 1867 | 20 August 1869 | Captain in Warrior, Channel squadron | |
| 1869 | In command of three ships towing a floating dock from Madeira to Bermuda | ||
| 23 August 1869 | 21 May 1874 | Captain in Excellent, gunnery ship, Portsmouth | |
| 1 February 1872 | Commanded the naval brigade sent to the thanksgiving service at St Paul's Cathedral, for the recovery from typhoid of the prince of Wales | ||
| June 1873 | Captain in Monarch, temporarily commissioned | ||
| 21 May 1874 | May 1878 | Director of Naval Ordinance | |
| June 1878 | June 1879 | Second in command, Channel Squadron | |
| 1879 | Member of the Committee on heavy ordinance | ||
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