A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cashman, William
CASHMAN. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
William Cashman entered the Navy in 1830; passed his examination 4 April, 1838; and served, as Mate, in the Edinburgh 72, Capt. Wm. Wilmott Henderson, Electra 18, Capt. Arthur Darley, and Hermes steam-vessel, Lieut.-Commander Washington Carr, on the Mediterranean and North America and West India stations. He obtained his commission 1 Dec. 1845, and still serves in North America and the West Indies, as Additional-Lieutenant of the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen.