Royal Naval Biography/Smith, William Robert
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WILLIAM ROBERT SMITH, Esq.
[Commander.]
Was made a lieutenant in 1799; and promoted to his present rank, for conducting an explosion vessel into the road of Isle d’Aix, April 11th, 1800, at which period he was first lieutenant of the Theseus 74. He subsequently commanded the Shearwater sloop, on the Mediterranean station.