A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, William Forsyth
SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1821. f-p., 12; h-p., 23.)
William Forsyth Smith., on board the Laurestinus 24, Capt. Thos. Graham, stationed at Halifax, where and at Home he served, from March, 1813, until Dec. 1818, a great part of the time as Midshipman, in the Spartan 38, Capt. Edw. Pelham Brenton, Leviathan 74, Capt. Adam Drummond, Princess (guardship at Liverpool), Capt. M‘Leod, Leander 50, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, Argo 44, Capt. D. M‘Leod, Princess again, Capt. Wm. Simpson, and Dee 24, Capt. Sam. Chambers. He was afterwards, from 11 Sept. 1819 until 20 May, 1823, employed in the West Indies in the Tribune 36, Capt. Nesbit Josiah Willoughby, Sapphire 26, Capt. Alex. Montgomerie, and Esk 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arthur Lee Warner; and, from 25 Feb. 1826 until 30 June, 1827, at the Cape of Good Hope, in the Sparrowhawk 18, Capt. Jas. Polkinghorne. He was made Lieutenant while serving in the Esk 21 July, 1821. Since he left the Sparrowhawk he has been on half-pay.