A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Hamley, Wymond
HAMLEY. (Commander, 1846.)
Wymond Hamley is youngest brother of Capt. Wm. Hamley, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy 1 April, 1811; passed his examination in 1817; and obtained his first commission 29 June, 1826. His subsequent appointments were, 30 Sept. 1837, and 20 Aug. 1841, as First Lieutenant, to the Edinburgh and Malabar, of 72 guns each, Capts. Wm. Wilmott Henderson and Sir Geo. Rose Sartorius, in the former of which ships he participated in the operations of 1840 on the coast of Syria, including the bombardment of St. Jean d’Acre. He was paid off from the Malabar in the early part of 1844; and on 9 Nov. 1846 was advanced to the rank of Commander. He is now on half-pay.