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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ ˈ k r oʊ ʒ ər /; 17 October 1796 – disappeared 26 April 1848) was an Irish officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in six expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. In 1843, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society for his scientific work during his expeditions. [1]
The survivors, now led by Franklin's second-in-command, Francis Crozier, and Erebus ' s captain, James Fitzjames, set out for the Canadian mainland and disappeared, presumably having perished. [3] Pressed by Franklin's wife, Jane, and others, the Admiralty launched a search for the missing expedition in 1848. In the many subsequent searches in ...
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Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier: Captain: Banbridge, Down: 49 Edward Little: First Lieutenant (Commander) Hornsey, Middx. 33 George Henry Hodgson: Second Lieutenant London 28 John Irving: Third Lieutenant Edinburgh: 30 Thomas Blanky: Ice-Master: Whitby, Yorkshire: 44 Frederick John Hornby: First Mate: 26 Robert Thomas: Second Mate Gillies ...
HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales, in 1826.The vessel was the second in the Royal Navy named after Erebus, the personification of darkness in Greek mythology.
Jayne Mansfield | Mariska Hargitay. Mother/daughter. Blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield was the "it" girl in the 1950s and early 1960s. She had five children from three marriages, but tragically was ...
Beard was born at East Stonehouse, Devon, the second son of Richard Bowden Beard (1773–1840) and his wife, Elizabeth (1775–1818).Beard's father was a grocer and Beard joined the family business, marrying Elizabeth Branscombe (born 1798) on 12 March 1825.
Yahoo News Photo Staff March 26, 2024 at 8:20 PM A view of the Dali cargo vessel, which crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse in Baltimore.