A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Howat, William
HOWAT. (Commander, 1846.)
William Howat passed his examination in 1820; and was made Lieutenant, 13 Nov. 1826, into the Cyrené 20, Capt. Alex. Campbell, on the East India station, whence he came home with that officer in the Bombay 84, in Sept. 1828. His subsequent appointments were – 4 Jan. 1832, to the Talavera 74, Capts. Thos. Brown and Edw. Chetham, with the latter of whom he returned to England from the Mediterranean and was paid off 12 Feb. 1835 – 25 March, 1836, to the Pembroke 74, Capts. Sir Thos. Fellowes and Fairfax Moresby, in which ship he was for nearly four years employed, part of the time as Midshipman, on the Lisbon and Mediterranean stations – 27 Nov. 1841, in the latter capacity, to the Vanguard 80, off Lisbon, where he continued until the summer of 1843 – and, 14 Feb. 1845, again as Senior, to the same ship, then commanded by Capt. Geo. Wickens Willes as part of the Channel squadron. He attained his present rank 9 Nov. 1846; and is now on half-pay.