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Sir Henry Kellett (
November 2,
1806 -
March 1,
1875) was a
British naval officer and
explorer.
Kellett joined the British navy in 1822. He spent five years in the
West Indies and then served on survey vessels under
William Fitzwilliam Owen in
Africa, and as second in command on
HMS Sulphur under
Edward Belcher in the
East Indies and in the
Opium War with
China (1840–41).
In 1845 he was appointed captain of the survey ship
HMS Herald, being reassigned in 1848 to join the search for Sir
John Franklin. During this voyage he sailed through the
Bering Strait across the
Chukchi Sea and discovered
Herald Island. Kellett landed on Herald Island and named it after his ship. He also sighted
Wrangel Island in the western horizon. In 1852, he commanded
HMS Resolute and went to the aid of
Robert McClure, whose vessel, Investigator, was trapped in the Arctic.
Kellett became a rear-admiral in 1854, and subsequently had commands in the West Indies and China.
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