Henry Kellett R.N.
Henry Kellett R.N.
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Henry Kellett R.N. | Explanation |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal |
2 November 1806 | | Born |
2 June 1869 | | K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) |
1 March 1875 | | Died |
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Date | Rank |
7 January 1822 | Entered Navy |
15 September 1828 | Lieutenant |
1 May 1841 | Commander |
23 December 1842 | Captain |
16 June 1862 | Rear-Admiral |
8 April 1868 | Vice-Admiral |
1871 | Retired Vice-Admiral |
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Date from | Date to | Service |
1823 | 1826 | Serving in Ringdove, West Indies |
1826 | 1831 | Serving in Eden, west coast of Africa |
7 November 1831 | | Lieutenant in Aetna |
29 October 1835 | | Lieutenant and commander in Starling, South America , later East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war) |
10 February 1842 | | Commander in Starling, East Indies |
8 February 1845 | 16 June 1851 | Captain in Herald, Pacific, conducting (together with Pandora, James Wood) a preliminary survey of the British Columbia coast following the Oregon boundary dispute with the United States |
10 February 1852 | 1855 | Captain in Resolute, particular service: searching, together with Assistance (Sir Edward Belcher), Pioneer (Sherard Osborn, tender to Assistance) and Intrepid (McClintock, tender to Resolute) and for Sir John Franklins' ill-fated 1845 North-West Passage expedition, until abandoned at Dealy Island (on 16 September 1855 she was found by Capt. James Buddington of the American whaler George Henry in ice in the Davis Strait off Baffin Island, she was then refitted by the US Navy and on 12 December she returned to Portsmouth) |
3 August 1855 | 16 March 1857 | Commodore in Termagant, senior officer, West Indies |
16 March 1857 | | Commodore in Imaum, senior officer, West Indies |
26 November 1864 | | Admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard (flag in Hibernia) |
17 July 1869 | 30 August 1871 | Commander-in-chief, China (flag in Ocean) |