Sea captain. Looking for a trade route, the North-East Passage, a 3 ship expedition set sail, from Harwich, with Willoughby in charge and captain of the 'Bona Esperanza'. The Esperanza and the 'Bona Confidentia' were separated from the third ship, the 'Edward Bonaventure' captained by Stephen Borough and carrying the chief pilot, Richard Chancellor. The two lost ships got no further than an area near Murmansk where the bodies were found by Russian fishermen many months later. The precise cause of their demise is not known.
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Sir Hugh Willoughby
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Abraham Seely
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
John Irving
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
John Sullivan
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Thomas Tadman
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson
Born Cheltenham. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Cheltenham honours Wilson with a statue on the Promenade and an exhibition in the town museum.
2 memorials
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