A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Griffiths, Herbert Lloyd
GRIFFITHS. (Lieutenant, 1842.)
Herbert Lloyd Griffiths is eldest son of Commander Joseph Griffiths, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 11 May, 1828; passed his examination 5 Jan. 1833; obtained an appointment in the Coast Guard 25 June, 1840; and, on 7 March, 1842, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. His appointments have since been – 5 April, 1842, as Additional, to the Illustrious 72, flag-ship in North America and the West Indies of Sir Chas. Adam – 31 Dec. 1842, to the Electra 18, Capt, Arthur Darley, on the same station – 18 Oct, 1843, to the Imaum 72, receiving-ship at Jamaica, Capt. Alex. Kenton Sharpe – 22 Dec. 1844, to the Scylla 16, Capt. Robt. Sharpe, also employed in North America and the West Indies – and 14 April, 1846, as First, to the Wanderer 12, Capt. Philip Hodge Somerville, with whom he is now serving on the coast of Africa.