Henry Kellett R.N.
Henry Kellett R.N.

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Henry Kellett R.N.Explanation
 
Date (from)(Date to)Personal
2 November 1806 Born
2 June 1869 K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath)
1 March 1875 Died
Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary'
 
DateRank
7 January 1822Entered Navy
15 September 1828Lieutenant
1 May 1841Commander
23 December 1842Captain
16 June 1862Rear-Admiral
8 April 1868Vice-Admiral
2 November 1871Retired Vice-Admiral
 
Date fromDate toService
21 October 182823 August 1831Lieutenant in Eden (1814, sixth rate), west coast of Africa
7 November 183123 December 1833Lieutenant in Aetna, commanded by Commander Edward Belcher, surveying on the east coast of Africa
24 December 183320 August 1834Lieutenant in Raven
28 August 183422 October 1834Lieutenant in Aetna, commanded by William Arlett, surveying on the west coast of Africa
23 October 18343 October 1835Lieutenant in Raven
29 October 183530 June 1834Lieutenant and commander in Starling, South America , later East Indies (including the first Anglo-Chinese war)
1 July 183613 February 1837Acting Commander in Sulphur, surveying in the Pacific
14 February 18371 January 1843Commander in Starling, East Indies
8 February 184516 June 1851Captain 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 185217 October 1854Captain 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)
17 August 185516 July 1857Commodore in Termagant, senior officer, West Indies
17 July 185726 June 1860Commodore in Imaum, senior officer, West Indies
29 November 18644 June 1868Admiral superintendent of Malta dockyard, flag in Hibernia
21 July 186928 January 1872Commander-in-chief, China, flag in Ocean

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