William Smyth R.N.
William Smyth R.N.
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William Smyth R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
1800 | | Born (London) |
25 September 1877 | | Died (Tunbridge Wells, Kent (while staying there as a visitor from London) |
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Date | Rank |
9 April 1813 | Entered Navy |
8 May 1827 | Lieutenant |
15 November 1837 | Commander |
25 December 1843 | Captain |
23 March 1864 | Retired Rear-Admiral |
4 July 1869 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
11 December 1875 | Retired Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
4 June 1831 | 24 January 1835 | Lieutenant in Samarang, commanded by Captain Charles Henry Paget, South America (and in 1836 published, toegther with mate Frederick Lowe a ‘Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para…. ’, recounting an eight month journey across the Andes and down the Amazon to the Atlantic coast of Brazil, undertaken at the end of the commission) |
12 May 1836 | 16 November 1837 | Lieutenant in Terror, commanded by Captain George Back, discovery voyage to Hudson's Bay |
19 September 1838 | 30 September 1843 | Commander in Grecian, South America, then Cape of Good Hope |