He went on to be commodore on the East Indies Station, with his broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS "Haughty", and saw action at the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 the campaign against Chinese pirates.
He went on to be commodore on the East Indies Station ". This was with his broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS" Haughty. His broad pennant in the screw gunboat HMS "Haughty" was the campaign against Chinese pirates. He saw action at the Battle of Fatshan Creek in June 1857 the campaign against Chinese pirates.