Captain Samuel Cresswell RN
(1827-1867)

Arctic explorer and Royal Navy Captain

Died aged c. 40

Samuel Gurney Cresswell (25 September 1827 – 14 August 1867), was a Royal Navy officer. He was technically the first naval officer to cross the entire Northwest Passage. Robert McClure was in charge of the expedition but Cresswell reached England first.

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King's Lynn, United Kingdom

Captain Samuel Cresswell 1827-1867 Arctic explorer born here

Bank House Hotel, King's Staithe Square, King's Lynn, United Kingdom where they was born (1827)