A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Helpman, Benjamin Francis
HELPMAN. (Lieutenant, 1841.)
Benjamin Francis Helpman entered the Navy Dec. 1829; passed his examination 3 Jan. 1831; and was promoted from the Wellesley 72, bearing the broad pendant on the China station of Sir Gordon Bremer, to the rank of Lieutenant 22 Oct. 1841. He has not been since officially employed.
Lieut. Helpman has been in command for a considerable time of the Champion Colonial schooner, in Western Australia. Agent – J. Hinxman.