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The following is the entry for Henry Phelps in William O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'.
PHELPS. (Lieutenant, 1842.) Henry Phelps entered the Navy, 18 April, 1832; passed his examination 4 June, 1838; and while serving, as Mate, on board the Powerful 84, Commodore Chas. Napier, was present at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre 3 Nov. 1840. On 21 July, 1842, being then Mate of the Cornwallis 72, flagship of Sir Wm. Parker, he assisted in the boats in covering the assault made on the city of Chin-Kiang-Foo. For his services in China he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 23 Dec. 1842. His appointments have since been – 18 March, 1843, again to the Cornwallis, in which ship he continued until her return to England in 1844 – 15 April, 1845, to the Melampus 42, Capt. John Norman Campbell, with whom he again sailed for the East Indies – and, 2 June, 1847, to the St. Vincent 120, as Flag-Lieutenant to Sir Chas. Napier. |
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