Admiral Henry Shank Hillyar CB (c. 1819 – 3 August 1893) was a Royal Navy officer who became Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station.

Henry Hillyar
Bornc. 1819
Died3 August 1893 (aged 73–74)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankAdmiral
Commands heldHMS Cadmus
HMS Resistance
HMS Royal Oak
Coast of Ireland Station
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Naval career edit

Born the son of Admiral James Hillyar, Hillyar became commanding officer of the corvette HMS Cadmus in May 1859, commanding officer of the ironclad warship HMS Resistance in April 1866 and commanding officer of the armoured frigate HMS Royal Oak in December 1867.[1] He went on to be Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station in June 1876 before he retired in September 1878.[2]

See also edit

  • O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Hillyar, Henry Shank" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . John Murray – via Wikisource.

References edit

  1. ^ "Captains commanding Royal Navy warships" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Military offices
Preceded by Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland Station
1876–1878
Succeeded by