Biographical Data
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Title	Captain (MM)
Official Number

 

Birth	28/03/1849	Death	06/04/1926
Place	Liverpool	Place	Victoria
Area		Area	BC
Country	UK	Country	Canada

 

Titles
Honours	Order of Red Ribbon (Shokum Kioku) (Japan).
Awards
Qualifications

 

Biography

He started as an Apprentice in sailing ships. (In 1870c he was qualified as a Master Mariner.) He was the Master of the bark Grasmere in 1878. He served as First Officer in the steamship Ben Gore. In 1880-1883 he served as the Master of the bark Tiber. In 1883 the Tiber sank in a gale in Royal Roads. He was Master of the ship Chrysolite. He was the Master of the bark Nanaimo for four years. In 1891 he was qualified as a Marine Pilot in the Victoria and Esquimalt Pilotage District.

 

Military Service

 

Vessels Owned	Helen (pilot boat part owner); Colby (pilot boat part owner);
Aircraft Flown
Named Features

 

Anecdotes

 

References
Wilson, Hill (2005); Wright, E.W. (ed.) (1895 reprinted 1967);
Last update
2011-09-23 08:51:26

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