Biografie
He went to sea as a Midshipman in the merchant marine in 1842.
By 1853 he was master of the Blackwall Frigate Marlborough and made two round voyages between England and Australia. During the Crimean War he was master of the 3000-ton troop ship Adelaide.
He accompanied M'Clintock as Master of the Fox.
In 1875-76 he sailed in the Pandora in a private expedition to attempt to transit the Northwest Passage in a single season but was turned back at Peel Sound.
In 1876 he spent the summer in the ice at Smith Sound.
Referenzen
- Struzik, Edward (1991)
- Markham, Clements R. (1875)
