Carl Smith (canoeing)

In 1890, he was elevated to kommendörkapten (commander) and at the same time made head of the department of the Swedish Navy responsible for the permanent mine defences of the country (fasta minförsvaret).

[2] In addition to his military career, Smith was instrumental in introducing canoeing to Sweden as a sport.

[5] Smith was however an active promoter of canoeing, not least as a contributor to a magazine for sports published by his cousin Viktor Balck (one of the original members of the International Olympic Committee).

[4] When the Stockholm Canoe Club (Föreningen för Kanot-Idrott) was founded by a group of adolescents in 1900, Smith became a mentor for them.

Among these one, baptised Carmen and built in 1882, was brought on the frigate Vanadis [sv] on its circumnavigation of Earth in 1883–1885 and used in Patagonia and on the coast of Peru.