Received his first commission April 6, 1804, and served as lieutenant on board the Hibernia 110, bearing the flag of Earl St. Vincent, who made him a commander Aug. 4, 1806.
On the 21st Feb. 1811, Captain Adderley, then in the Echo sloop, on the Downs station, captured la Confiance French privateer schooner, of 16 guns and 62 men. His next appointment was to the Crocus brig, in which vessel he captured le Formica privateer, of 2 guns and 25 men, on the coast of Barbary, Sept. 4, 1812. He obtained post rank July 19, 1814.