(1830-03-15)15 March 1830 Allerford, Somerset, England
Died
12 July 1922(1922-07-12) (aged 92) Fareham, Hampshire, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Rank
Rear admiral
Commands held
HMS Endymion
Relations
Fairfax Moresby (father); L. Adams Beck (daughter)
Rear Admiral John Moresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to discover the site of Port Moresby.
Rear Admiral JohnMoresby (15 March 1830 – 12 July 1922) was a British naval officer who explored the coast of New Guinea and was the first European to...
Navy Captain JohnMoresby in 1873. It was named in honour of his father, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby. Although Port Moresby is surrounded...
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (29 November 1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful...
were worked briefly in the mid-1990s. The island was named by Captain JohnMoresby after Sir James Fergusson, who was Governor-General of New Zealand from...
Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Moresby, for Captain (later Admiral) JohnMoresby: HMAS Moresby (1918), a 24-class sloop serving with the Royal...
JohnMoresby Quintal (2 January 1884 – 5 April 1961) was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1942 he was elected to the Tasmanian House...
Robert Moresby (15 June 1794 – 15 June 1854) was a captain of the East India Company's Bombay Marine/Indian Navy who distinguished himself as a hydrographer...
empty into the Huon Gulf at Lae. The river was named in 1873 by Captain JohnMoresby, R.N., in honour of Sir Clements Markham, then Secretary of the Royal...
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arrived at Mandok Island, Siassi, before disease forced him to leave. 1874 JohnMoresby on HMS Basilisk sails along Huon Gulf and names Parsee Point (Salamaua)...
the magma known for its high levels of Nickel and Chromium. Captain JohnMoresby named the mountain after the naval battle of Trafalgar. Hydrographers...
and Butaritari. Also in 1872, the sloop Basilisk (1848), under Captain JohnMoresby, visited the Gilberts, and the corvette HMS Barossa (1860), under Captain...
Name Date of birth Date of death Fairfax Moresby Mitchell Quintal 31 July 1851 after 1910 JohnMoresby Acland Quintal 28 June 1853 after 1910 Henry Stephen...
Markham, Secretary of the British Royal Geographical Society - Captain JohnMoresby of the Royal Navy named the Markham River after Sir Clements in the course...
to have visited Niutao in the 19th century are: HMS Basilisk, Captain JohnMoresby (July 1872); HMS Emerald, Captain William Maxwell (1881); HMS Royalist...
the islands in the 19th century are: Basilisk (1848), under Captain JohnMoresby, visited the islands in July 1872. Emerald (1876), under Captain William...
The Port Moresby Vipers (formerly the Port Moresby Bulldogs) are a Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Port Moresby. The team currently competes...
George Ward Hunt, First Lord of the Admiralty (1874-1877), by Captain JohnMoresby. New Guinea portal Papua New Guinea Dart Reefs Keast Reef George Ward...
Air Force and Navy Forces in the Port Moresby Area under the control of New Guinea Force. Due north of Port Moresby, on the northeast coast of Papua, are...
music video of "Walking on Broken Glass" by Annie Lennox. He played Port Moresby in The Sheltering Sky (1990), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and appeared...
medical school in San Francisco. British naval officer JohnMoresby discovers the site of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, and claims the land for Britain...