A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Wilmshurst, Arthur
WILMSHURST. (Lieutenant, 1845.)
Arthur Wilmshurst passed his examination 5 Aug. 1839; and, after having studied at the Royal Naval College, was appointed Mate, in 1841, of the Spartan 26, Capt. Hon. Chas. Gilbert John Brydone Elliot, fitting for the North America and West India station. On his return to England in 1845 he joined in succession, at Portsmouth and Plymouth, the Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Henry Ducie Chads, and Queen 110, flag-ship of Sir John West. He obtained his commission 30 Dec. in the same year; and was appointed next, 10 Jan., 13 May, and 6 Nov. 1846, again to the Excellent, to the St. Vincent 120, bearing the broad pendant of Sir Fras. Augustus Collier in the Channel, and to the Albatross 12, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, now in the East Indies.