A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Frederick Wetherall

by William Richard O'Byrne

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SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1846.)

Frederick Wetherall Smith passed his examination 11 July, 1842; served from the close of that year until the commencement of 1845 in the Excellent gunnery-ship at Portsmouth, Capt. Sir Thos. Hastings; then joined the Superb 80, Capt. Armar Lowry Corry; and, on 26 June, 1846, at which period he had been for upwards of four months employed in the Terrible steam-frigate, of 800-horse power, Capt. Wm. Ramsay, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. In March, 1847, he was re-appointed, for a few months, to the Excellent, then commanded by Capt. Henry Ducie Chads.

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