the Discovery, Capt. Conn, he was again, In the Royal George 100, placed under the orders of Sir Hyde Parker; with whom, on removing to the London 98, he sailed in the famous expedition against Copenhagen. From June to Oct. 1802, and from June, 1804, until Feb. 1806, he was employed in the North Sea in the Amazon 38, and Agincourt 64, Capts. Sam. Sutton and Thos. Briggs. On 1 May in the latter year he was there nominated Sub-Lieutenant of the Carrier cutter, Lieut.-Commander Robt. Ramsay; he was made full Lieutenant, 21 May, 1807, into the Raleigh 18, Capt. John Ore Masefield, attached to the force in the Channel; and he was afterwards employed on that station, in the Baltic, and at Sheerness – from Feb. 1809 until Jan. 1810, in the Dreadnought 98, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Thos. Sotheby – from April to Aug. 1811 in the Fly sloop, Capt. John Skekel – and from Sept. 1812 until Jan. 1813, in the Pembroke 74, Capt. Jas. Brisbane. He has since been on half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1821. f-p., 13; h-p., 27.)
John Smith (f) entered the Navy, 13 Nov. 1807, as Midshipman, on board the Orestes of 16 guns and 95 men, Capt. John Richards Lapenotiere; under whom he served in the Channel and on the coasts of Spain and Portugal, and assisted at the capture, 9 May and 27 Oct. 1810, of the privateers La Dorade of 10 guns and 43 men, and Loup Garou of 16 guns and 100 men – the latter taken after a close and gallant action of 30 minutes. From April, 1811, until Oct. 1815, he was employed off Flushing and on the North American, Lisbon, and Mediterranean stations, in the Monarch 74, Capt. Rich. Lee, La Hogue 74, Capt. Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel, Maeander 38, Capt. John Bastard, and Tremendous 74, Capt. Robt. Campbell. In the Maeander and Tremendous he held the rating of Master’s Mate. He afterwards joined in succession – 3 Oct. 1815, and 4 March, 1816, the Scamander 36, Capts. Sir John Louis and Chas. Sibthorpe John Hawtayne, and Maeander again, lying at Sheerness and Woolwich – 14 July, 1816, for about three months, the Hecla bomb, Capt. Wm. Popham, in which vessel he fought at the battle of Algiers – 13 March, 1817, the Queen Charlotte 100, flag-ship of Sir Edw. Thornbrough at Portsmouth, where he was for some time employed in the Linnet tender – 12 Dec. following, the Semiramis frigate, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo on the coast of Africa – and, 1 Feb. 1819 (a few months after he had left the Semiramis), the Severn 40, Coast Blockade ship, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch. Since his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 19 July, 1821, he has been, we believe, on half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 16; h-p., 32.)
John William Smith entered the Navy, 28 Nov. 1799, as A.B., on board the Assistance 50, Capts. Robt. Hall and Rich. Lee; in which ship he continued employed, as Midshipman, on the North American and Home stations, until wrecked between Dunkerque and Gravelines 29 March, 1802. He served next, from Dec. 1803 until Aug. 1808, in the Conqueror 74, Capts. Thos. Louis, Israel Pellew, and Edw. Fellowes, in the Channel and Mediterranean and on the coast of Portugal; from the latter date until Jan. 1813, in the Plantagenet 74, Capts. Wm. Bradley, Thos. Eyres, and Robt. Lloyd, off Lisbon and in the Channel, North Sea, and Baltic; and from July, 1813, until Oct. 1814, in the Sceptre and Albion 74’s, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Geo. Cockburn on the coast of North America. In the Conqueror he was present, we believe, at the battle of Trafalgar; and in the Sceptre and Albion he was actively employed in the Chesapeake. After acting for about 13 months as Lieutenant in the Gorée 16, Capts. Fras. Truscott and Constantino Rich. Moorsom, and Levant 20, Capt. John Sheridan, he was presented, in Nov. 1815, with a commission bearing date 13 of the preceding March. He has since been on half-pay.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1810. f-p., 16; h-p., 31.)
John Wynter Smith died in 1846.
This officer entered the Navy, in Oct. 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Havick, Capt. Bartholomew; in which vessel and in the Diamond 38, Capt. Edw. Griffith, he served in the Channel until April, 1802. He next, in March, 1805, joined the Texel 64, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Jas. Vashon at Leith; and in June, 1806, and Nov. 1808, he was received as Midshipman on board the Shannon 38, Capt. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, and Caledonia 120, flag-ship of Lord Gambier, both on the Home station; where he acted from July, 1809, until Feb. 1810, as Lieutenant, in the Goldfinch and Devastation sloops, Capts. Fitzherbert Geo. Skinner and John Taylor. On 12 July in the latter year, at which period he was serving in the Mediterranean, again as Midshipman, in the Ville de Paris 110, Capt. Rich. Thomas, he was made Lieutenant into the Téméraire 98, Capt. Chamberlayne. He was subsequently employed off Cadiz, until April, 1811, in the Hound, Capt. John Williams; and from Feb. 1812 until Feb. 1813, a second time in the Mediterranean, in the Nemesis 28, Capt. Hon. Jas. Ashley Maude. From 14 Oct. 1836 until 1843 he had charge of a station in the Coast Guard. Agent – Joseph Woodhead.
SMITH. (Lieut., 1808. f-p., 14; h-p., 34.)
Marmaduke Smith entered the Navy, in June, 1799, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Phoebe of 44 guns, Capt. Robt. Barlow, with whom he continued employed as Midshipman and Master’s Mate in the Triumph 74, on the Irish and Mediterranean stations until transferred, in Dec. 1804, to the Dryad 36, Capt. Adam Drummond. In the Phoebe he assisted at the capture, 19 Feb. 1801, of the Africaine of 44 guns and 715 men, including troops and artificers – a frigate whose resistance was protracted until, in the course of a desperate night-action of two hours, she had sustained (although the Phoebe, out of 239 men, had but 1 killed and 12 wounded) the terrific loss of at least 200 killed and 143 wounded – the greater part of them mortally. For his gallantry in achieving this exploit Capt. Barlow was rewarded with the honour of Knighthood. In the Dryad Mr. Smith was again stationed on the coast of Ireland, where he distinguished himself so much in boarding a French letter-of-marque that he received an order to act as Lieutenant, and was eventually, 27 Dec. 1808, confirmed in that rank. His next and last appointments were – 31 March, 1809, to the Nemesis 28, Capt. Wm. Ferris, employed for two years in the Baltic and North Sea and on the coast of Africa – and 10 April, 1812, and 27 Oct. 1813, to the Porcupine 24 and Surveillante 38, both commanded by Capt. Robt. Elliot, with whom he served on the coasts of Brazil, France, and Spain until May, 1814. While attached to the Nemesis he commanded the barge in conjunction with the other boats of that ship, and those of the Belvidera 36, at the spirited capture, on the coast of Norway, of two Danish gun-vessels, the Bolder and Thor (carrying 2 long 24’s, 6 6-pounder howitzers, and 45 men), and the destruction of a third, 23 July, 1810.[1] On another occasion, having taken a Danish privateer of 6 guns, he was sent in her with 25 men to attack a small convoy protected by several gun-boats, in face of whom he succeeded in making prize of a large merchant-vessel laden with copper. During the sojourn of the Nemesis on the coast of Africa, Mr. Smith, in the early part of 1811, was wounded at the cutting out by three of her boats of a 10-gun schooner from under the fire of the Dutch fort of St. Jago d’Elmina, on the coast of Guinea. In the Surveillante he was First-Lieutenant. Agents – Messrs. Chard.
SMITH. (Commander, 1846.)
Richard Sidney Smith entered the Navy 19 March, 1827; passed his examination 3 April, 1833; and while serving on the North America and West
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1810, p. 1342.
