Career Up To The Lord Clyde
On 12 March 1855, Lieutenant Bythesea was appointed captain of the paddle gun-vessel HMS Locust and served in the Flying Squadron in the Baltic. On 10 May 1856 he was promoted to Commander, and on 20 May, Lieutenant John Bousquet Field replaced him as captain of the Locust.
On 4 March 1858 he took over as captain of the 17-gun screw-sloop HMS Cruizer (also spelled Cruiser) from Charles Fellowes. At the time, the Cruizer was serving in the Far East and saw action in the 2nd Anglo-Chinese War. Cruizer paid off at Portsmouth on 1 May 1861.
On 15 May 1861, he was promoted to Captain. In 1862, he served on the Commission to examine Canadian defences.
On 30 March 1863 he commissioned the 12-gun screw-corvette HMS Archer at Woolwich. Archer served on the West Africa Station. Bythesea was invalided out, and replaced by Captain Francis Marten on 12 April 1864.
From 1 April 1866 until 1867, he was carried on the books of the flagship of the North American Squadron, HMS Duncan, for special service as Naval Attache in Washington.
From 6 May 1867 until 29 November 1870 he was captain of the screw-frigate HMS Phoebe. Bythesea commanded her for the entire commission. She served first in the Channel squadron, then the West Indies, then joining the flying squadron at Bahia on 4 August 1869.
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