Royal Naval Biography/Herrick, William Henry

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WILLIAM HENRY HERRICK, Esq.
[Commander.]

Obtained a lieutenant’s commission in Feb. 1806; and commanded an armed prize schooner, attached to the squadron under Captain Sir Home Popham, during the disastrous operations in the Rio de la Plata, in Aug. 1806. He subsequently served in the West and East Indies, on which latter station he was promoted to his present rank, Aug. 17th, 1813.

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