Charles Clerke (1741-1779) was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed with of four voyages of exploration. Born in August 22, 1741 The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... August 22 is the 234th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (235th in leap years), with 131 days remaining. ... // Events April 10 - Austrian army attack troops of Frederick the Great at Mollwitz August 10 - Raja of Travancore defeats Dutch East India Company naval expedition at Battle of Colachel December 19 - Vitus Bering dies in his expedition east of Siberia December 25 - Anders Celsius develops his own thermometer scale Celsius...

Clerke started studying at the Royal Navy Academy in Portsmouth when he was 13. During the Seven Years War he served aboard the HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Bellona. This article is about the English city of Portsmouth. ... This article is about the 1756–1763 war. ... Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dorsetshire, after the traditional county of Dorsetshire. ... Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona. ...

In 1764 he joined Captain John Byron, expedition aboard HMS Dolphin, on Byron's mission to expedition to explore the Pacific. Post-Captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy. ... John Byron (November 8, 1723 – April 10, 1786) was a British vice-admiral. ... HMS Dolphin was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. ...

The Dolphin returned in 1766. Its circumnavigation of 22 months was the shortest up to that point. Upon his return Clerke published an account of encountering Patagonian giants, which the Dictionary of Canadian Biography attributed to his high spirits. Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies south of the Neuquén and Río Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ... The Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DoCB) is a dictionary of biographical entries for individuals that have contributed to the History of Canada. ...

Clerke's last three voyages were all under the command of Captain James Cook. This article refers to the British navigator and cartographer. ...

Clerke started the first voyage aboard HM Bark Endeavour (1768-1771) as a master's mate. Cook promoted him to acting lieutenant in 1771. Clerke was HMS Resolution's second lieutenant on Cook's second voyage (1772-1775). Endeavour replica in Cooktown harbour HM Bark Endeavour was originally a small merchant collier named Earl of Pembroke, built in Whitby, North Yorkshire. ... A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Resolution in a gale by Willem van de Velde, the younger depicts the first Resolution c. ...

While ashore between Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages Clerke agreed to serve time in the Fleet debtor's prison for a debt one of his brother Sir John Clerke incurred. While in debtor's prison he was infected with the Tuberculosis that eventually killed him. A debtors prison is a prison for people unable to pay a debt to another. ... Tuberculous lungs show up on an X-ray image Tuberculosis is an infection with the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system (meningitis), lymphatic system, circulatory system (miliary TB), genitourinary system, bones and joints. ...

Clerke took command of the expedition and of HMS Resolution, when Cook was killed in a skirmish with Hawaiins on February 14, 1779. Resolution in a gale by Willem van de Velde, the younger depicts the first Resolution c. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Other U.S. States Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Monarch Akahi Nui Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Official language(s) Hawaiian and English Area 28,337 km² (43rd)  - Land 16,649 km²  - Water 11,672 km² (41. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Clerke continued the expedition's exploration of the Northern Pacific coast, searching for a navigable Northwest Passage. The expedition then proceeded to the Pacific coast of Siberia. James King, one of his subordinates, wrote that Clerke's illness had reduced him to skeletal thinness. Clerke died enroute to Kamchatka of the Tuberculosis he acquired in debtor's prison. Clerke was buried in Kamchatka on August 29, 1779. Popular Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian archipelago This article describes the route through the Canadian Arctic. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kamchatka Oblast, an oblast in Russia. ... August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Clerke's second in command, John Gore took command and took the expedition home to Britain.

External links

• Charles Clerke article from the German version of the wikipedia English translation
• HMS Discovery, Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia
• biography
• (second) last will and testament
• 4 letters from Clerke to Sir Joseph Banks
• biography from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography