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Henry Kellett (Clonabody, 2 novembre 1806 – Clonabody, 1º marzo 1875) è stato un ammiraglio ed esploratore britannico
Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, KCB (2 November 1806 – 1 March 1875) was an Irish naval officer and explorer.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy. The rare polar sledge flag of a "proud Irishman" and notable 19th Century naval officer could be lost to the UK. Born in County Tipperary, Capt Henry...
Captain Henry Kellett, English explorer. Kellett rescued Sir Robert McClure after he had been icebound for nearly two years in his search for Sir John Franklin 's expedition to find the Northwest Passage .
Kellett later commanded the British squadron on the China station, where he won the praise of that tempestuous critic of naval administration, the future Admiral Lord Fisher. Although he hardly rates as an explorer, Sir Henry Kellett rendered a most valuable service to polar history by rescuing the
Henry Kellett was born on 2 November 1806 at Clonacody, Tipperary, Ireland. In 1822, he entered the Navy and was employed in the West Indies for five years before serving in survey vessels commanded by William Fitzwilliam Owen and Edward Belcher on the west coast of Africa and in the East Indies.
22 mag 2023 · The flag belonged to Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett, from County Tipperary, who led two Arctic expeditions to search for Sir John Franklin's lost ships. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror...
