Henry Kellett

Officer (armed forces), Exploration, Royal Navy, William Fitzwilliam Owen
Herausgegeben:Luther, Evander

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett KCB (2 November 1806 - 1 March 1875) was a British naval officer and explorer. Kellett joined the Royal Navy in 1822. He spent three years in the West Indies and then served on survey vessels under William Fitzwilliam Owen in Africa, and as second in command on HMS Sulphur under Edward Belcher in the East Indies and in the First Opium War with China. In 1845 he was appointed captain of the survey ship HMS Herald, being reassigned in 1848 to join the search for Sir John Franklin. During this voyage he sailed through the Bering Strait across the Chukchi Sea and discovered Herald Island. Kellett landed on Herald Island and named it after his ship. He also sighted Wrangel Island in the western horizon. In 1852, he commanded HMS Resolute and went to the aid of Robert McClure, whose vessel, Investigator, was trapped in the Arctic. His men constructed a storehouse on Dealy Island off the south coast of Melville Island.

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• Verlag: Acu Publishing / Alphascript Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786138329343
• ISBN-10: 6138329341
• Artikelnr.: 34710861