A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Marshall, Willoughby Charles
MARSHALL. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Willoughby Charles Marshall passed his examination 30 Aug. 1837; and for several years prior to his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, which took place 1 Sept. 1845, was employed on the South American station, as Mate, in the Actaeon 26, .Capt. Robt. Russell, Crescent receiving-ship, Lieut.-Commander Malachi Donellan, and Gorgon steam-sloop, Capt. Chas. Hotham. He was on board the latter vessel when she was driven on shore in a hurricane at Colonia, and was concerned in the long and arduous operations which preceded her being got off. For several months of 1846 Lieut. Marshall was employed in the East Indies on board the Dido 18, Capt. John Balfour Maxwell.