# A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Appointments to Ships H

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APPOINTMENTS TO SHIPS. [ H ] :
| Name of Officer. | Rank. | Ships. | Captains. | Captains. | Captains. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Date of Appoint- ment. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. | Dates of Discharge, &c. |
| Haggard, H. V. | L. | Resistance | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Gower Lowe H. J. Julian | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Nov | 46 | 14 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 1 | Jan | 49 | 10 | Apr | 49 | Hosp. |
| Halkett, P. A. | L. | Stromboli | | Thomas Fisher | | 22 | Nov | 45 | 10 | Nov | 47 | P.O. |
| Hall, Charles | Cr. | San Josef | | Sir H. J. Leeke | | 5 | May | 47 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Agincourt | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | William B. Mends W. J. H. Johnstone | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 28 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Hall, Charles O. B. | L. | Favourite | | Alexander Murray | | 11 | Feb | 47 | 22 | June | 47 | |
| | „ | Prometheus | | | | | | | | | | |
| | „ | Siren | | | | | | | | | | |
| | „ | Lark | | Self | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Hall, William K. | L. | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 22 | June | 45 | 28 | Dec | 47 | |
| | Cr(Ag.) | Growler | | Self | | 28 | Dec | 47 | 22 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Hall, Robert | L. | Grampus | | H. B. Martin | | 19 | Nov | 45 | 20 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Centaur | | C. H. M. Buckle | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Hallowes, R. H. | L.(Ag.) | Actaeon | | George Mansel | | 8 | Oct | 46 | 16 | Apr | 47 | |
| | L. | Wanderer | | F. B. Montresor | | 16 | Apr | 47 | 25 | Nov | 47 | |
| | „ | Actaeon | | George Mansel | | 25 | Nov | 47 | 11 | Feb | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Pilot | | E. M. Lyons | | 8 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Hamilton, F. T. | L. | Penelope | | Lewis T. Jones | | 6 | Nov | 48 | 3 | Mar | 49 | |
| | „ | Centaur | | C. H. M. Buckle | | 3 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Hamilton, H. S. | L. | Hector | | Richard Moorman | | 5 | Oct | 47 | 5 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Vengeance | | Earl of Hardwicke | | 9 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Hamilton, Alexander | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 14 | Feb | 46 | 15 | June | 47 | |
| | „ | Prince Regent | | William F. Martin | | 23 | Dec | 48 | | | | |
| Hancock, John (b) | L. | Vindictive | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Sir Charles Sullivan, Bt. Michael Seymour | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 25 | Nov | 44 | 17 | June | 48 | |
| | „ | Wellesley | | George Goldsmith | | 17 | June | 48 | | | | |
| Hancock, James K. | L. | Hecate | | Joseph West | | 26 | May | 45 | 9 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Birkenhead | | A. H. Ingram | | 27 | July | 48 | 7 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Hancock, George | L. | Eagle | | Geo B. Marten | | 5 | Nov | 44 | 10 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hastings | | James W. Morgan | | 13 | Apr | 48 | 20 | Feb | 49 | |
| Hand, George S. | Cr. | Espoir | | Self | | 14 | Dec | 44 | 14 | Apr | 47 | P.O. |
| Hankey, H. B. | L. | Hazard | | F. P. Egerton | | 2 | July | 45 | 6 | May | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 18 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Hannant, Henry | L. | America | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Hon. John Gordon Sir Thomas Maitland | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Aug | 44 | 16 | Oct | 47 | Hosp. |
| | „ | Havannah | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Wm. A. Herringham John E. Erskine | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 7 | Jan | 48 | | | | |
| Hansard, A. O. | L. | Flying Fish | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Robert Harris P. H. Dyke George Oldmixon R. A. Powell | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 11 | Mar | 45 | 3 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| Harding, John | C. | Crocodile | | S. R. Protheroe | | 6 | Nov | 46 | | Apr | 48 | |
| Hardman, H. B. | L. | Belleisle | | John Kingcome | | 5 | July | 47 | 7 | Sept | 48 | P.O. |
| Hardwicke, The Earl of | C. | Vengeance | | Self | | 23 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Hardy, Edward | L. | Vernon | | John C. Fitzgerald | | 30 | Dec | 45 | 7 | Nov | 48 | P.O. |
| Harper, James | L. | Minos | | Self | | 1 | Aug | 46 | | Nov | 48 | |
| Harper, George | L. | Talbot | | Sir T. R. Thompson, Bt. | | 3 | June | 42 | 26 | Mar | 47 | P.O. |
| | Cr. | Bellerophon | | R. L. Baynes, C.B. | | 23 | Sept | 47 | | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | St. Vincent | | S. C. Dacres | | 30 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Harris, Robert | Cr. | Ganges | | Henry Smith, C.B. | | 1 | Mar | 48 | | | | ​ |
| Harris, William D. | L. | Plumper | | William Nolloth | | 6 | Nov | 48 | | | | |
| Harvey, Henry | Cr. | Kingfisher | | Self | | 11 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Harvey, Henry | L. | Stromboli | | Lord A. Beauclerk | | 11 | Nov | 47 | 9 | Mar | 48 | |
| Harvey, R. B. | L. | Wolf | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | C. O. Hayes Arthur Vyner T. T. Caldwell Geo E, Davis James A, Gordon Nicholas Vansittart | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 10 | June | 42 | 19 | Aug | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 24 | Feb | 49 | | | | |
| Harward, John R. | L. | Sappho | | R. F. Gambier | | 1 | Mar | 46 | 31 | Oct | 46 | P.O. |
| | „ | Avon | | Thomas Smith | | 18 | Jan | 47 | 1 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | Penelope | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | H. W. Giffard L. T. Jones | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 22 | Oct | 47 | | Jan | 49 | |
| | „ | Alert | | Hugh Dunlop | | | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Hastings, Hon. George F. | C. | Endymion | | Self | | 3 | Aug | 47 | 18 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Cyclops | | Ditto | | 29 | July | 48 | 16 | Aug | 48 | |
| | „ | Ditto | | Ditto | | 8 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Haswell, W. H. | Cr. | Poictiers | | Sir Thomas Bourchier | | 31 | Oct | 46 | 1848 | 1848 | 1848 | |
| | Cr(Ag) | Penelope | | L. T. Jones | | 29 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Hawker, H. S. | Cr. | Orestes | | Self | | 26 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Hawkey, Charles | L. | Vengeance | | Stephen Lushington | | 15 | Oct | 46 | 4 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| Hawkins, F. K. | L. | Amphion | | Woodford J. Williams | | 24 | Oct | 46 | 16 | Oct | 48 | P.O. |
| Hay, Lord John | L. | Spiteful | | William K. Mends | | 19 | Dec | 46 | 30 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Powerful | | R. S. Dundas | | 13 | Apr | 48 | | | | |
| Hay, John | Cr. | Prometheus | | Self | | 13 | May | 44 | 2 | Sept | 47 | P.O. |
| Hay, John C. D. | L. | Spiteful | | Self | | 28 | Aug | 46 | 29 | Oct | 46 | |
| | „ | Wolverine | | Ditto | | 29 | Oct | 46 | 11 | May | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Columbine | | Ditto | | 6 | Dec | 47 | | | | |
| Haydon, Charles | L. | Poictiers | | Sir Thomas Bourchier | | 27 | Aug | 46 | 28 | Aug | 47 | |
| | „ | Spider | | Self | | 28 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Hays, John M. | Cr. | Champion | | Self | | 28 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | Spider | | Self | | 28 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Hayes, John M. | Cr. | Champion | | Self | | 3 | Feb | 48 | | | | |
| Heard, Thomas | L. | Wolf | | James A. Gordon | | 27 | Nov | 45 | 19 | Aug | 47 | P.O. |
| Heath, L. J. | L. | Iris | | G. R.Mundy | | 16 | Feb | 47 | 3 | Aug | 47 | Prom. |
| Heath, W. A. J. | L. | Hyacinth | | Francis Scott | | 27 | Jan | 45 | 20 | Jan | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 30 | Apr | 47 | | | | |
| Hemmans, S. H. | L. | Poictiers | | Sir Thomas Bourchier | | 1 | Oct | 47 | 17 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | | | Ditto | | 18 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Hempstead, Edmund | L. | Daphne | | John F. Onslow | | 1846 | 1846 | 1846 | 4 | Jan | 47 | |
| | „ | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 2 | Oct | 47 | 28 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 28 | Jan | 48 | 9 | Apr | 48 | |
| | | Hibernia | | Charles Wise | | 9 | Apr | 48 | | | | |
| Hemsworth, W. G. | L. | Crescent | | Self | | 9 | July | 44 | 8 | July | 47 | Supd. |
| | „ | Ganges | | David Price | | 11 | Jan | 48 | 1 | Mar | 48 | |
| | „ | Wellington | | Ditto | | 1 | Mar | 48 | | | | |
| Henderson, W. H. | C. | Sidon | | Self | | 25 | Aug | 46 | 30 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Henderson, S. H. | L. | Canopus | | Fairfax Moresby, C.B. | | 6 | July | 46 | 30 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 3 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Henry, A. H. | L. | Racehorse | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | George James Hay E. F. Sotheby | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 17 | Mar | 45 | 24 | Aug | 48 | P.O. |
| Herbert, Douglas | L. | Odin | | F. T. Pelham | | 26 | May | 47 | | | | |
| Herbert, F. C. | L. | Daring | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Henry J. Matson William Peel | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Sept | 44 | 1 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | Mohawk | | Self | | 26 | Aug | 48 | | | | |
| Herbert, William G. | L. | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 9 | May | 46 | 1 | Feb | 49 | D. |
| Herrick, Edward | L. | Victory | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Alexander Milne Charles Eden F. P. Blackwood | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 1 | Dec | 47 | 5 | Mar | 49 | Prom. |
| Hewlett, Richard S. | Cr. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 7 | Jan | 46 | 30 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ditto | | Ditto | | 1 | July | 47 | | | | |
| Hickley, H. D. | L. | Persian | | Henry Coryton | | 24 | Aug | 47 | 14 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hastings | | James W. Morgan | | 23 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Hickley, V. G. | L. | Vesuvius | | H. G. Austen | | 3 | Oct | 46 | 5 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | Vindictive | | Michael Seymour | | 5 | Oct | 47 | 16 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Hastings | | James W. Morgan | | 23 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Hill, Edward (b) | Cr(Ag) | Rapid | | Edward Dixon | | | Jan | 47 | 14 | May | 48 | |
| | „ | Dart | | Self | | 14 | May | 48 | | | | |
| | „ | Dart | | Self | | 14 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Hillyar, C. F. | L. | Amazon | | James J. Stopford | | 4 | Sept | 46 | 6 | Apr | 48 | P.O. |
| | Cr. | Centaur | | C, H. M. Buckle | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Hillyar, H. S. | L. | Wolverene | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | J. S. W. Johnson H. G.Morris C. F. Brown W. J. C. Clifford John C. D. Hay | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Mar | 43 | 11 | May | 47 | P.O. ​ |
| | „ | Asia | | R. F. Stopford | | 31 | Aug | 47 | | | | |
| Hinde, E. T. | L. | Cruizer | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | E. G. Fanshawe William Maclean Edward Peirse | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 9 | Sept | 44 | 27 | Oct | 47 | |
| | „ | Nerbudda | | Edward Peirse | | 27 | Oct | 47 | 19 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Powerful | | R. S. Dundas | | 23 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Hire, H. W. | L. | Rattler | | Richard Moorman | | 13 | Mar | 47 | 6 | Sept | 47 | |
| | „ | Asia | | Robert F. Stopford | | 6 | Sept | 47 | | | | |
| Hobart, A. C. | L. | Hibernia | | Peter Richards, C.B. | | 11 | Mar | 47 | | | | |
| Hodgkinson, Thomas | L. | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 27 | Jan | 47 | 30 | June | 47 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ditto | | Ditto | | 1 | July | 47 | | | | |
| | „ | Alarm | | George G.Loch | | 18 | Mar | 48 | 17 | Oct | 48 | Invd. |
| Hodgskinson, A. B. | L. | Cyclops | | Hon. Geo. F. Hastings | | 8 | Sept | 48 | | | | |
| Hollinworth, H. A. | L. | Caledonia | | M. H. Dixon | | 29 | Jan | 47 | 18 | Oct | 48 | |
| | „ | Raleigh | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | S. G. Fremantle Hon. George Hope | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Oct | 47 | | | | |
| Holmes, Edward | L. | Calliope | | Edward Stanley | | 23 | July | 45 | 9 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Hood, A. W. A. | L. | President | | William P. Stanley | | 9 | Jan | 46 | 1 | Jan | 49 | |
| | „ | Ditto | | Ditto | | 1 | Jan | 49 | | | | |
| Hood, William H. | L. | Contest | | Archibald M‘Murdo | | 17 | June | 46 | 11 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Alert | | William Ellis | | 3 | Mar | 47 | 11 | May | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Birkenhead | | A. H. Ingram | | 13 | July | 47 | 14 | Jan | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Ocean | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | John N. Nott George Elliot | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 18 | Jan | 48 | 8 | Sept | 48 | |
| Hope, Charles | C. | Trafalgar | | Self | | 4 | Nov | 47 | 30 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Hope, Charles W. | L. | Arrogant | | Robert FitzRoy | | 13 | Mar | 49 | | | | |
| Hope, James | C. | Firebrand | | Self | | 13 | Dec | 44 | 17 | June | 48 | P.O. |
| Hope, Hon. George | C. | Raleigh | | Self | | 19 | Oct | 48 | | | | |
| Hope, Thomas | Cr. | Bittern | | Self | | 17 | Nov | 45 | 31 | Jan | 49 | P.O. |
| Hopkins, Robert | L. | Odin | | F. T. Pelham | | 28 | May | 47 | 4 | Oct | 47 | Invd. |
| Hore, Edward G. | L. | Viper | | Self | | 13 | Oct | 46 | 20 | Nov | 47 | |
| Hore, C. B. | L. | Carysfort | | George H. Seymour | | 25 | Feb | 46 | 25 | Mar | 48 | P.O. |
| | „ | Excellent | | H. D. Chads | | 9 | May | 48 | | | | |
| Hornby, G. T. P. | L. | Cleopatra | | Christopher Wyvill | | 15 | June | 44 | 27 | Mar | 47 | P.O. |
| Horton, F. W. | Cr. | Kingfisher | | Self | | 24 | Apr | 46 | 19 | July | 48 | P.O. |
| Hoste, Sir William, Bart. | Cr. | Spiteful | | Self | | 29 | Oct | 46 | 30 | July | 47 | P.O. |
| Howard, John H. | L. | Howe | | Sir James Stirling | | 17 | Nov | 47 | | | | |
| Hudson, Philip | L. | Harlequin | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | Douglas Curry John Moore | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 2 | Feb | 46 | 19 | Jan | 48 | |
| | „ | Rodney | | Edward Collier, C.B. | | 19 | Jan | 48 | 8 | Mar | 49 | P.O. |
| Hunt, James | L. | Alecto | $\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right.}$ | F. W. Austen V. A. Massingberd | $\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,$ | 12 | Nov | 45 | 6 | July | 47 | Invd. |
| | „ | Inconstant | | John Shepherd | | 11 | Dec | 47 | 10 | Aug | 48 | Invd. |