list in April 1867, but remained active as the Asiatic Squadron's commander. Death In summer 1867, Rear Admiral Bell led the Formosan Expedition, a punitive operation in response to the Rover incident, where American sailors had been killed by Taiwanese aborigines. His squadron including screw sloops of war, (flagship), , and , with warships of other western countries, anchored in Osaka Bay to increase pressure on the Japanese government to open Hyōgo Port on 1 January 1868 as committed by various unequal treaties. On 11 January 1868, having passed Tempōzan en route upriver, his boat overturned in heavy seas; Bell and all but three of the craft's other occupants perished in this accident. Namesakes Two ships, , have been named for him. See also References External links http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-people/b/bell-henry-h.html 1808 births 1868 deaths United States Navy rear admirals (upper half) Union Navy admirals People from Orange County, North Carolina People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Deaths due to shipwreck at sea