Allen Young
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Sir Allen William Young,
Early life
Allen Young was born at
The Fox Expeditions
In 1857, Allen Young offered himself as sailing master of the auxiliary steamship
In 1860, Allen Young was captain of Fox, as part of an expedition to determine the feasibility of carrying a
The Pandora Expeditions
In 1874 Allen Young purchased the superseded
Sir Allen Young planned another expedition in Pandora in 1878, but was induced by a sponsor
Leigh Smith Relief Expedition
In 1881 Sir Allen Young was commissioned to take the steamship Hope in search of Benjamin Leigh Smith's expedition missing in Franz Josef Land, north of Russia. He successfully located the expeditioners early in August, to learn that their vessel Eira had been crushed by ice and sunk on 21 August 1881.
Later Ventures
In 1885 Sir Allen Young was master of the hospital ship Stella supporting British military actions in the Soudan.[3]
During 1886-87 Sir Allen Young proposed and lobbied for leadership of a British Antarctic Expedition, but adequate financial support failed to materialise.[4]
Royal friendship
Sir Allen Young was a friend of the
Notes
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- ^ Roberts, Steven. "The Companies Abroad". Distant Writing: A History of the Telegraph Companies in Britain between 1838 and 1868. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Argus (newspaper, Melbourne), 20 April 1885.
- ^ Argus (newspaper, Melbourne), 17 March 1887.
- ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36972. London. 8 January 1903. p. 7.
References
- Clements Robert Markham, Allen Young, in The Geographical Magazine, Royal Geographical Society, 1916.
- Clements Robert Markham, The lands of silence: a history of Arctic and Antarctic exploration, Cambridge University Press, 1921.