A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smyth, William
SMYTH. (Captain, 1843.)
William Smyth entered the Navy 9 April, 1813; passed his examination in 1819; and obtained his first commission 8 May, 1827. He served afterwards – from 4 June, 1831, until the early part of 1835, in the Samarang 28, Capt. Chas. Henry Paget, on the South American station – from 11 May, 1836, until promoted to the rank of Commander on his return to England 15 Nov. 1837, as Senior Lieutenant, in the Terror bomb, Capt. Geo. Back, employed on a voyage of discovery to the Arctic regions – and, from 19 Sept. 1838 until advanced, on being paid off; to Post-rank 25 Dec. 1843, in the Grecian 16, in South America and at the Cape of Good Hope. He has not been afloat since.
Capt. Smyth is author of the ‘Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para,’ published in 1836 – a work in which he was assisted by the present Commander Fred. Lowe, R.N. Agents – Messrs. Stilwell.