Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Adams ya kasance mataimakin likitan Royal Navy a kan jirgin HMS "Samarang" yayin binciken tsibirin tsibirin Gabas, daga 1843 zuwa 1846. Ya shirya "Zoology na tafiya na HMS Samarang" (1850). Adam White ya yi aiki tare da shi a cikin kwatancin Crustacea daga tafiya. A shekara ta 1857, a lokacin
Yaƙin China na Biyu yayin da yake aiki a matsayin Likita a kan HMS "Actaeon", ya kasance a lokacin mamaye Canton kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Yaƙin China. Ya yi ritaya a matsayin Babban Likita a kan jirgin HMS "Royal Adelaide" a Plymouth a 1870.