Pringle Stokes (23 April 1793 – 12 August 1828) was a British naval officer who served in HMS Owen Glendower on a voyage around Cape Horn to the Pacific coast of South America, and on the West African coast fighting the African slave trade.
He then commanded HMS Beagle on its first voyage of exploration in the south Atlantic. After two years in command of the Beagle, depressed by the harsh winter conditions of the Strait of Magellan, he committed suicide.
of Magellan, he committed suicide. PringleStokes was born on 23 April 1793, son of Charles and Elizabeth Stokes. He was baptized at Chertsey on 2 May...
was the first rigged man-of-war afloat upriver of the bridge. Captain PringleStokes was appointed captain of Beagle on 7 September 1825, and the ship was...
its previous commander, Captain PringleStokes.[citation needed] Another possible source is the unrelated John Lort Stokes, who was mate and assistant surveyor...
newest commander, Robert FitzRoy. (During Beagle's first voyage, Captain PringleStokes had died by suicide. The expedition's leader appointed Beagle's 1st...
South America. In 1828 the commander of HMS Beagle, PringleStokes (not related to John Lort Stokes), committed suicide and Robert FitzRoy assumed command;...
overall command of Commander Phillip Parker King, the Beagle's captain PringleStokes committed suicide and was replaced by captain Robert FitzRoy. The ship...
American station, aboard HMS Ganges. At that time Beagle, under Captain PringleStokes, was carrying out a hydrographic survey of Tierra del Fuego, under the...
HMS Adventure, and under his orders PringleStokes was Commander and Surveyor of HMS Beagle. In August 1828 Stokes died after shooting himself. In December...
novel begins in 1828 with the suicide of the commander of HMS Beagle, PringleStokes, and FitzRoy’s subsequent appointment as the vessel’s (temporary) captain...
survey ship HMS Beagle commanded by Captain PringleStokes was surveying Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego when Stokes fell into a deep depression. At Port Famine...
after the ship. Captain: Philip Parker King (1793–1856) (Adventure) and PringleStokes (?–1828) (Beagle) Naturalist: James Anderson (1797–1842) Publication:...
succumbing to fever on Owen Glendower off the Gold Coast. Lieutenant PringleStokes took charge of the ship. Commander John Filmore arrived soon after,...
African Station, died at Cape Coast on 4 September 1823, and Lieutenant PringleStokes took charge of the ship. Filmore arrived as a passenger on the Swinger...
of Phillip Parker King. The Beagle was initially commanded by PringleStokes, but Stokes became depressed and shot himself on 1 August 1828 while the expedition...
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possession, Pringle fumbled, and Montreal went straight to work, as Calvillo hit Silvain Girard on a 32-yard TD pass to tie the game. After a Keith Stokes fumble...
their cat, Dusty Miller. During this time, Anne must win over the clannish Pringle family, as well as her icy vice-principal, Katherine Brooke. Along the...
a dark green Pringle jumper and some dark red decomposed Marks and Spencer underwear. The underwear was manufactured in 1999 and Pringle of Scotland confirmed...
in Stoke-on-Trent in 1982 by Patera Products Ltd. In 1980, Michael Hopkins architects (Principal Michael Hopkins, Project Architect John Pringle, now...
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