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Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham KCB (11 November 1841 – 28 October 1918) was a British explorer, author, and officer in the Royal Navy. In 1903 he was invested as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath .
His deputy – Rear-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham – was in the lead ship of the second division of five ships, the 10,600 long tons (10,800 t) Camperdown. Markham's normal divisional flagship – Trafalgar – was being refitted. Unusually for Tryon, he had discussed his plans for anchoring the fleet with some of his officers.
She became a flagship on 1 November 1901, when Vice-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham hoisted his flag on becoming Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. [12] She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII .
Admiral Albert Hastings Markham. Vice-Admiral John Fellowes, CB. Vice-Admiral the Lord Charles Beresford, KCVO, CB. Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)
A sledging party under Commander Albert Hastings Markham set a new record, Farthest North of 83° 20′ 26″ N. Meanwhile, senior lieutenant Lewis Beaumont led a dog sled party from Discovery Harbour heading eastward in April 1876 to explore the northwestern shores of Greenland, reaching Sherard Osborn Fjord before turning back on 22 May.
Albert Hastings Markham: Unknown: Casualties and losses; 1 killed, 2 wounded: 20–30 killed: The Nukapu expedition was a British punitive expedition from October ...
Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, GBE, KCB, KCMG, DSO [23] Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham, KCB [24] Admiral of the Fleet Sir William May, GCB GCVO [25] Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, GCB GCMG; Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Royds, KBE CMG ADC FRGS [26] Admiral Sir Percy Royds, CB CMG ADC [27] Admiral Sir Percy Scott [28] Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward ...
On 3 April the second-in-command of Alert, Albert Hastings Markham, took a party north to attempt the Pole. By 11 May, having made slow progress, they reached their greatest latitude at 83° 20' 26"N. [9] Suffering from snow blindness, scurvy and exhaustion, they turned back.