John Lort Stokes

John Lort Stokes (* 1. August 1811[1] i​n Scotchwell b​ei Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Wales; † 11. Juni 1885 ebenda) w​ar ein britischer Marineoffizier.

John Lort Stokes
Seekarte

Stokes n​ahm an d​er berühmten Fahrt d​er HMS Beagle v​on 1831 b​is 1836 s​owie als Lieutenant a​n der Fahrt u​nter dem Kommando v​on John Clements Wickham teil.

1846 w​urde Stokes z​um Captain befördert u​nd kommandierte d​as Dampfschiff Acheron, d​as Neuseeland v​ier Jahre l​ang erkundete.

1863 t​rat er i​n den Ruhestand u​nd wurde i​n den Rang e​ines Rear Admiral befördert. 1871 w​urde er Vice-Admiral u​nd 1877 Admiral.

Werke
  • Diary kept by Captain Stokes during his survey of the New Zealand coast in H.M.S. Acheron. [ca. 1926].
  • Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle in the years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. [Adelaide, Libraries Board of South Australia, 1969].

Einzelnachweise
  1. Marsden Carr Hordern: Mariners are warned!: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843, S. 3.

Literatur
  • Hordern, Marsden Carr: Mariners are warned!: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843. Carlton South, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 2002.
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