A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Cooper, William Salmon
COOPER. (Commander, 1843.)
William Salmon Cooper entered the Navy 26 March, 1819; passed his examination in 1825; obtained his first commission 25 Sept. 1834; served for nearly four years in North America and the West Indies, on board the President 52, Capt. Jas. Scott, Forte 44, Capt. Watkin Owen Pell, Wasp 16, Capt. John Sam. Foreman, Forte again, Capt. Pell, and Rainbow 28, Capt. Thos. Bennett; and was subsequently appointed – 12 Nov. 1839, to the Fantome 16, Capts. Edw. Harris Butterfield and Philip Geo. Haymes, in which vessel he sailed for the Cape of Good Hope – and, 22 May, 1843, to the Inconstant 86, Capt. Chas. Howe Fremantle, fitting for the Mediterranean. Since the attainment of his present rank, 14 Sept. 1843, Commander Cooper has been on half-pay. Agent – J. Hinxman.