A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Armytage, William
ARMYTAGE. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Armytage passed his examination 28 Oct. 1840; and served as Mate, on the East India station, of the Samarang 26, Capt. Jas. Scott, Dido 18, Capt. Hon. Henry Keppel, and Cornwallis 72, flag-ship of Sir Wm. Parker. During the operations on the coast of China, he proved himself entitled to the best acknowledgments of Capt. Jas. Scott, for the gallantry and zeal he displayed at the forcing of the inner passage from Macao to Whampoa (a navigation never before traversed by European boat or vessel); in their advance on which place, the British, whose force consisted of the Nemesis steamer, and the boats of the Samarang, destroyed, between 3 a.m. on 13, and 4 p.m. on 15 March, 1841, five forts, one battery, two military stations, and nine war-junks, in which, collectively, were 115 guns and 8 ginjalls.[1] He acquired the rank he now holds, 3 Feb. 1845; and, since 24 March in that year, has been attached to the Vesuvius steam-sloop, Capt. Geo. Wm. Douglas O’Callaghan, on the South America and West India station.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1841, p. 1509.