Francis Crozier

Francis Crozier
Francis Crozier
	Crozier in 1845
Born	17 October 1796; Banbridge, County Down, Kingdom of Ireland
Disappeared	26 April 1848 (aged 51) ; King William Island, North-Western Territory (now Nunavut, Canada)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	Royal Navy
Service years	1810–1848
Rank	Captain
Ships	HMS Hamadryad; HMS Briton; HMS Doterel; HMS Fury; HMS Hecla; HMS Stag; HMS Cove; HMS Terror;
Expeditions	Ross expedition; Franklin expedition;

Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier FRS FRAS (/ˈkroʊʒər/; 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 May 1845, he was second-in-command to Sir John Franklin and captain of HMS Terror during the Franklin expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, which ended with the loss of all 129 crewmen in mysterious circumstances.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.