A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hall, William King
HALL. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
William King Hall entered the Navy 22 Sept. 1829; passed his examination 1 March, 1837; and was subsequently nominated Mate of the Benbow 72, Capt. Houston Stewart. For his services in that ship on the coast of Syria, where he commanded her launch at the attack made on the town of Tortosa 25 Sept. 1840,[1] and further assisted at the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 28 July, 1841, and appointed, the same day, Additional of the Brittania 120, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir John Acworth Ommanney. From 17 Sept. in the latter year, until paid off in the early part of 1844, he was employed, on the same station, in the Indus 78, Capt. Sir Jas. Stirling; and on 18 of the following Sept. he was appointed for a short time First of the Pantaloon 10, Capt. Edm. Wilson, fitting at Portsmouth. He has been serving, since 7 Jan. 1845, in the Vindictive 50, flag-ship of Sir Fras. Wm. Austen on the North America and West India station. Agents – Holmes and Folkard.
- ↑ Vide Gaz. 1840, p. 2607.