A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Stokes, Henry
STOKES. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Henry Stokes entered the Navy 15 Feb. 1828; passed his examination 6 Dec. 1834; and on the paying off of the Daphne 18, Capt. John Windham Dalling, in which vessel he had been serving in the Mediterranean, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 21 June, 1842. His appointments have since been – 14 Oct. 1842, to the Stromboli steamer, Capt. Wm. Louis, again in the Mediterranean – 12 July, 1843, for six months, to the Penelope steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Jones, employed on particular service – 11 July, 1844, to the Tartarus steam surveying-vessel, Capt. Jas. Wolfe, stationed on the coast of Ireland, where he remained until the following Dec. – and, 26 May, 1845, to the command, which he still holds, of a station in the Coast Guard. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.