Henry Smith R.N.
Henry Smith R.N.
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Henry Smith R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
19 August 1854 | | Died of cholera, off Varna, on the Black Sea, while in command of Simoom |
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' |
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Date | Rank |
20 May 1810 | Entered Navy |
9 January 1822 | Lieutenant |
23 November 1841 | Commander |
27 June 1846 | Captain |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
28 October 1821 | 8 January 1822 | Acting lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Captain Sir Thomas John Cochrane, Halifax and in the West Indies |
9 January 1822 | 11 October 1824 | Lieutenant in Forte, commanded by Captain Sir Thomas. John Cochrane, Halifax and in the West Indies |
10 August 1826 | 27 September 1827 | Lieutenant in Pelican, commanded by Captain Charles Leonard Irby, Mediterranean |
28 September 1827 | 16 November 1827 | Lieutenant in Ariadne, commanded by Captain Lewis Davies, Mediterranean |
17 November 1827 | 21 January 1828 | Lieutenant in Genoa (1814, third rate, captured on the stocks at Genoa), commanded by Captain Charles Leonard Irby, Plymouth |
15 December 1828 | 10 May 1831 | Lieutenant in Champion, commanded by Captain George Scott then Captain Francis Vere Cotton, African and North America & West India stations |
13 September 1832 | 25 November 1833 | Lieutenant in Tyne, commanded by Captain George Hope, South America |
26 November 1833 | 14 June 1834 | Lieutenant in Spartiate, commanded by Captain Robert Tait, flagship of Sir Graham Eden Hamond, South American station |
15 June 1835 | 10 August 1838 | Lieutenant in Dublin, commanded by Captain George Wickens Willes, south-east coast of America, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond |
12 December 1844 | 2 December 1846 | Commander in Rattler (from commissioning at Woolwich), Portsmouth (and with the 1846 Squadron of Evolution) |
30 May 1853 | 19 August 1854 | Captain in Simoom, until he died |