A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Griffiths, William
GRIFFITHS. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 13; h-p., 32.)
William Griffiths entered the Navy, in 1802, as Ordinary, on board the Spitfire sloop, Capt. Robt. Keen, employed on the Cork station; and from 1804 until March, 1812, served, the last six years as Midshipman, in the Thrasher gun-brig, commanded in the Downs by Lieuts. Jas. Milne, Sam. Knight, B. Forfar, and Josiah Dornford. He then successively joined the Gloucester 74, Capt. Robt. Williams, and Brune 38, armée en flûte, Capt. Wm. Stanhope Badcock; and, after a servitude of more than two years in the North Sea and Baltic, and also on the coast of North America, where he participated in many active operations, was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 17 Nov. 1815. He has since been on half-pay.