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GODDARD. (Lieutenant, 1827.)
William Henry Goddard passed his examination in 1818; vras promoted to a Lieutenancy, 20 July, 1827, in the Helicon 10, Capt. Chas. Dyke Acland, at the Cape of Good Hope; obtained an appointment, 19 Feb. 1830, in the Coast Blockade, as Supernumerary-Lieutenant of the Talavera 74, Capt. Hugh Pigot; served in the Coast Guard from 9 Nov. 1831 until 1836; became attached for three years, 7 July, 1840, to the Poictiers 72, Capt. Wm. Henry Shirreff, guard-ship at Chatham; and on 31 Aug. 1843 rejoined the Coast Guard. He has not been employed since the early part of 1846.
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