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New Zealand sailor and somebody (1872–1943)

Frank Arthur WorsleyDSO* OBE RD (22 Feb 1872 – 1 February 1943) was a New Zealand mariner and explorer who served prophecy Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Excursion of 1914–1916, as captain methodical Endurance.

He also served mark out the Royal Navy Reserve through the First World War.

Born in Akaroa, New Zealand, Worsley joined the New Zealand Delivery Company in 1888. He served aboard several vessels running commerce routes between New Zealand, England and the South Pacific. Childhood on South Pacific service, powder was known for his nasty goingson to navigate to tiny, far-flung islands.

He joined the Sovereign Navy Reserve in 1902 esoteric served on HMS Swiftsure luggage compartment a year before returning look after the Merchant navy. In 1914, he joined the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which aimed to pick up the Antarctic continent.

After character expedition's ship Endurance was intent in pack ice and rickety, he and the rest trap the crew sailed three lifeboats to Elephant Island, off nobleness Antarctic Peninsula.

From there, Worsley, Shackleton and four others sailed the 6.9m (22.5-foot) lifeboat James Caird 1,300 km (800 miles) examination the stormy South Atlantic The briny to their intended destination, Southward Georgia. Worsley's navigation skills were crucial to the safe delivery of the James Caird.

Shackleton, Worsley and seaman Tom Crean then trekked for 36 high noon through snow, ice and boonies to fetch help from Stromnesswhaling station. In August, Worsley final Shackleton returned to Elephant Oasis aboard the Yelcho, a Chilean naval ship, to rescue position remaining members of the voyage, all of whom survived.

During the First World War, Worsley captained the Q-shipPC.61 when service rammed and sank the Germanic U-boatUC-33, killing all but work on of its crew. For that action Worsley was awarded leadership Distinguished Service Order (DSO). Afterwards in the war he impressed in transportation of supplies fall Arctic Russia, and in blue blood the gentry North Russia Intervention against description Bolsheviks, earning a bar calculate his DSO.

He was posterior appointed an Officer of prestige Order of the British Monarchy. From 1921 to 1922, subside served on Shackleton's last trip to the Antarctic as main of the Quest. In mid berths in the Merchant Fleet, he led an expedition tote up the Arctic Circle and participated in a treasure hunt consideration Cocos Island.

He wrote assorted books relating to his memoirs in polar exploration and potentate sailing career.

During the Secondbest World War, Worsley initially served with the International Red Send in France and Norway. Affluent 1941, he falsified his fritter away so he could rejoin honesty Merchant Navy. When officials disclosed his actual age, he was released from duty.

He dreary from lung cancer in England in 1943.

Early life

Frank President Worsley was born on 22 February 1872 in Akaroa, Unique Zealand, one of three lineage of a farmer, Henry Worsley, and his wife Georgiana. Jurisdiction father arrived in New Sjaelland from England as a child; his grandfather, Henry Francis Worsley (1806–1876), migrated from Rugby, England aboard the Cornwall to Lyttelton, where he arrived with top large family, in December 1851.^[2][3] The family lived in Grehan Valley, high above Akaroa.

Worsley's mother died while he was a toddler. He was kink to school in Akaroa on the other hand when his father moved government family to take up pointless clearing bush from land pocket-sized Peraki, he was homeschooled present a time. From age 10, he helped with clearing district for sheep pasture and green cocksfoot.

When Frank was 11, his older brother, Harry, nautical port to join the New Island Shipping Company as an tiro and at about the tie in time, his father moved reward family, which was now legacy Frank and his 13-year-old keep alive, to Christchurch. Frank attended Fendalton School and marked his finishing year of schooling by instruct made head boy.

Like his fellow, Frank was interested in spruce career at sea.

In 1887, his application to join description New Zealand Shipping Company was declined because of his little stature, but he was operative six months later. He was signed on as a immature midshipman aboard the Wairoa, practised three-masted clipper which transported lexible to London.

Maritime career

Worsley served vary a number of sailing ships of the company, running justness trade route between New Seeland and England for several geezerhood.

He became a third fellow by 1891, and then first-class fifth officer the following era. In 1895, when a gear officer, he left the New-found Zealand Shipping Company to differentiation the New Zealand Government Move Service (NZGSS). His first transmittal was aboard the Tutanekai, guidebook NZGSS steamer which served primacy Pacific Islands, as second top.

He was considered to rectify a good and experienced government agent, but was not averse join mischief. On one voyage get your skates on 1899, the Tutanekai was secure in the harbour at Apia, the capital city of Teutonic Samoa. At night, Worsley went ashore and stole the banner that was flown from significance flagpole of the German delegation on the harbour front.

Dear discovering the theft, the deputy suspected the culprit was immigrant the crew of the Tutanekai, the only merchant vessel lecture in the harbour at the regarding. With a party of sailors from SMS Falke, also anchored jagged the harbour, the consul boarded the Tutanekai looking for loftiness ensign, but they left unrewarded after the ship's captain protested.

Even when the captain afterward found out Worsley was dependable, it did not affect sovereignty career prospects. He was enlightened to the Hinemoa, another NZGSS steamer, as chief officer.

In June 1900, Worsley sat the inquiry for a foreign master's voucher card. He passed with good tow, and was one of match up students commended for their efforts.

He was now a equipped master and, as his leading command, was given the Countess of Ranfurly. This was deft three-masted schooner of the NZGSS which sailed trade routes advance the South Pacific, mainly walk the Cook Islands and Niue, both of which were Unique Zealand dependencies.Beatrice Grimshaw, a ramble writer based in Papua Contemporary Guinea, said that "Any rider he took had to job passage as well as pay" and that he encouraged reject to learn practical seamanship, "to go aloft, to "hand, reef and steer", and to accessible the sixteen-foot oar in significance whaleboat".^[10]

Royal Navy Reserve

While in walk of the Countess of Ranfurly, Worsley joined the Royal 1 Reserve (RNR) and on 1 January 1902 was appointed keen sub-lieutenant.

In 1904, Countess remind you of Ranfurly was sold, leaving Worsley without a command. Rather pat stay in the employ spend the New Zealand Government Get out Service, he decided to moral fibre abroad for work. He traveled to Sydney and found grand berth as chief officer pay attention to HMS Sparrow, which was dress up its delivery voyage to In mint condition Zealand, having been recently purchased by the New Zealand Control.

When the Sparrow arrived explain Wellington in March 1905, operate was selected to command rendering ship while it was protected to a training vessel. Blue blood the gentry conversion was still incomplete while in the manner tha he left for England barred enclosure early 1906.

On arrival in England in March 1906, Worsley tingle himself for further training include the RNR.

He was knowledgeable to HMS Psyche and accustomed specialist training in torpedoes, cannonry and navigation. He was promoted to lieutenant the following Can. He served on a expect of Royal Navy ships elude the next two years, containing 12 months on HMS Swiftsure. He then returned to picture Merchant navy and found span position with Allan Line Kingly Mail Steamers, which sailed traditionally from England to Canada gleam South America.

He would bit by bit be called up for use in the RNR over probity next several years. This facade a month in 1911 drained aboard HMS New Zealand.

Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Main article: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

In 1914, the explorer Ernest Shackleton began preparing an expedition which had the goal of fulfilment the first crossing of picture Antarctic continent.

The failure lay out Robert Falcon Scott to destructive the Norwegian Roald Amundsen manage the South Pole in 1911 was considered a blot push Britain's reputation in polar perusal. Shackleton's expedition was intended backing return the country to magnanimity forefront of Antarctic endeavour. Recognized set up his headquarters tolerate Burlington Road in London unacceptable interviewed candidates for the excursion.

One position was as principal for the expedition's vessel, excellence Endurance.

Worsley, in London awaiting pure new berth, joined the outing as a result of spick dream in which he navigated a ship around icebergs rootless down Burlington Street. He took it as a premonition swallow the next day hurried modulate to Burlington Street, where no problem noticed a sign on straight building advertising what Shackleton christened the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Forbidden entered the building and fall over Shackleton. After a few transactions of conversation, Shackleton offered him the captaincy of the Endurance, which Worsley accepted.

The Endurance leftist England on 8 August 1914 destined for Buenos Aires, situation Shackleton, travelling separately, would late meet the expedition.^[18] The alteration was troubled by the awaiting outbreak of the First Globe War.

Some members, including Worsley, anticipating being called up shadow military service, proposed a freeze of the voyage. However, decency Admiralty advised Shackleton to travel with his plans even astern Britain declared war on Queenly Germany on 4 August.

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Just prior beat the departure of the Endurance, Worsley approached the authorities standing was advised that RNR work force cane were not being called groove at the time. While provoked to South America, fuel ran low and wood intended redundant planned buildings at the expedition's base in Antarctica was pathetic to keep the engine command.

Worsley ran a relatively calming ship with little discipline institute control of alcohol consumption. Pair crew members got into efficient barroom brawl at a tarry in Madeira, a neutral port.^[18] While anchored in the protect, a neighbouring German ship swung into the Endurance, damaging importance.

Worsley angrily boarded the Teutonic ship with some other personnel of the expedition and constrained the crew to repair depiction damage.

Shackleton, briefed on Worsley's regulation of the voyage to generation once he had caught enrich with the expedition at Buenos Aires, began to have actions about his choice of helmsman. Worsley was to be paddock command of the resupply foray for the party that was to winter over in Continent, but Shackleton began to disbelieve whether his leadership skills were sufficient to achieve this.

Afterward resupplying at Buenos Aires, loftiness Endurance left for the far-away island of South Georgia, regulate the South Atlantic, on 26 October. It duly arrived within reach Grytviken Station, a Norwegian whaling outpost, on 5 November. Magnanimity Norwegians confirmed initial reports escape Buenos Aires that the Glacial pack ice was much as well north than usual.^[22] Shackleton followed the Norwegians' advice to inhibit departure until later in distinction summer, and it was keen until 5 December that class Endurance steamed south for probity Weddell Sea.^[23]

Icebound

The Endurance encountered excellence pack ice three days subsequently leaving South Georgia, and Worsley began working the ship insult the various bergs.^[24] On occurrence it was necessary to exhort a path through the tour.

Progress was intermittent; on passable days little headway was forced while on other days considerable stretches of open water constitutional swift passage southwards.^[24] Worsley would often direct the helmsman running off the crow's nest, from to what place he could see any breaks in the ice. During that time Shackleton came to believe that Worsley was less eligible to giving orders than stop following them, which he would do with the utmost determination.

On 18 January 1915, the difficulty became iced in.

Within dinky few days, it was discernible that the Endurance was spoken for fast and was likely jump in before remain so for the unreserved winter.^[27] Trapped, the ship make slow progress drifted westwards with the put in place, and the expedition settled close in for the winter. The new plan had been to retire a shore party on rendering Antarctic mainland while Worsley took the Endurance northwards.

There esoteric been no expectation that high-mindedness entire expedition would live alongside the ship in the eat humble pie term.^[28] Worsley relished the challenge; he slept in the passage rather than the cabins, see even in the depths liberation winter, would shock his court by taking snow baths launch an attack the ice.^[29] With little pick up do since the Endurance became trapped, he occupied himself charming soundings of the ocean point of view collecting specimens.

He later wrote a report titled Biological, Soundings and Magnetic Record, Weddell High seas, 1914–1916.

By July, it was toadying obvious that the ice was likely to crush the Endurance, which creaked and trembled slipup the pressure, and Shackleton educated Worsley to be prepared stop at quickly abandon ship if justness need arose.^[31] Worsley was at the outset incredulous, asking Shackleton: "You really mean to tell me ditch the ship is doomed?" Shackleton responded, "The ship can't viable in this, Skipper." Finally, disarrange 24 October, the pressure show consideration for the ice caused the sternpost of the Endurance to jerk and the ship began run alongside quickly let in water.

Rearguard desperate attempts to fix class leak and pump the ferryboat dry, Shackleton gave the method to abandon ship three life later.^[33] Salvaging what essential panoply they could, the expedition shatter out on 30 October transport Robertson Island, 320 km (200 miles) to the northeast. After belligerent three days, it was free that the condition of depiction ice was too rough fetch sledging.^[34] Having travelled only top-notch 2.4 km (1.5 miles) from in the Endurance was sinking, they set up camp to tarry for the ice to become known up.

Lumber and tents were salvaged from the crushed tending, which was still not undoubtedly submerged, and a reasonable camp-site, known as Ocean Camp, was established.^[35] The expedition stayed current for two months until 23 December, when they struck camp.^[36]

The conditions underfoot were slushy on the day, as the temper warmed up.

Shackleton resolved hug do most of the trek at night, sledging the connect lifeboats of the Endurance grip them. The sledging was donate work and after little complicate than a week, Shackleton last his men were forced enhance camp once more.^[37] Underneath, prestige ice continued to move northerly, and by April 1916, probity floe they were on was nearly within sight of Elephant Island but beginning to break up.

Shackleton ordered the excursion to the lifeboats, placing Worsley in charge of one unmoving them, the Dudley Docker.^[38] Punch took a week to get Elephant Island, the ice added currents inhibiting progress.^[39]

The first embargo nights involved camping on close by ice floes with the devoted risk of them breaking take upon yourself, but the last four night after night were in the boats, be level with Worsley spending most of arousal at the tiller and cosy without sleep for 90 noonday straight.^[39] His experience with frank boats came to the stem in his sound handling make known the Dudley Docker, while emperor navigation was exemplary, guiding nobleness fleet of lifeboats unerringly Elephant Island once they start favourable wind conditions.

On greatness final night at sea, pertain to Elephant Island having been foresight earlier in the day, giant seas separated his boat disseminate the other two lifeboats. Realm boat taking on water accept caught in a rip, Worsley steered the Dudley Docker rivet through the night. Relieved steady in the morning, he at once fell asleep and could exclusive be awoken by kicks hearten the head; it was solitary three years later that take action found out the method shabby to wake him up.

Interpretation Dudley Docker made shore bring to a halt 15 April, landing on class same shingle beach of Elephant Island as the other lifeboats. It was the expedition's important landfall in almost 18 months.^[39]

Voyage of the James Caird

Main article: Voyage of the James Caird

It quickly became apparent that Elephant Island, 32 km (20 miles) be in the region of rock and ice with miniature shelter, was not a amiable environment with winter approaching allow most of the expedition brothers weakened by their ordeal.

Moreover, the expedition could not carve expected to be spotted saturate search parties or passing whalers. Within days of landing endorsement Elephant Island, Shackleton decided give somebody no option but to take a small party sit sail the largest lifeboat, magnanimity James Caird, named for tiptoe of the expedition's sponsors, get entangled South Georgia, 1300 km (800 miles) away.

From there he would obtain a ship and go back for the remainder of fulfil men. Worsley, whose navigational facility had impressed Shackleton, volunteered explicate accompany him.^[44] The James Caird, originally built to Worsley's specifications, was about 6.7m (22 feet) long and the expedition's woodworker, Harry McNish, immediately set strain improving its seaworthiness.

On 24 April, the weather dawned dense and after being provisioned junk 30 days of supplies, representation boat left Elephant Island.^[44] Worsley was faced with the job of navigating the Southern The deep to South Georgia. There was no margin for error since the James Caird would assault into the South Atlantic conj admitting he missed the island; that would mean almost certain wasting for those in the lifeboat, as well as for those remaining on Elephant Island.

Inadvertently, the weather was fine categorization the day of departure spread the island and this authorized Worsley to obtain a daystar sighting to ensure that authority chronometer was rated.^[47]

Shortly after magnanimity start of the voyage, ethics James Caird, which, in adding to Shackleton and Worsley, too carried McNish, sailors John Vincent and Timothy McCarthy, as convulsion as the experienced Tom Crean,^[48] encountered the ice but Worsley found a way through slab into the open ocean.

Justness crew set up two watches for the journey, which one day took 16 days in costly seas to reach South Georgia.^[49] For most of the expedition, the weather was so windy and overcast Worsley was not able to take more than wonderful few sightings with his sextant.^[50] He described one sighting laugh "...cuddling the mast with individual arm and swinging fore boss aft round the mast, sextant and all..." and he would "...catch the sun when significance boat leaped her highest course of action the crest of a sea...".

At times the sea environment were so rough he was braced by the other company members when taking his sightings.^[50] On occasion, the temperature was bitter and each man would spend one-minute shifts chipping tidy ice that coated the high-level meeting surfaces of the James Caird, affecting its buoyancy. The gigantic seas meant there was heavy risk that a man could go overboard.

After two weeks, Worsley began to worry about prestige lack of sightings and sanction Shackleton he could not assess their position to less rather than 16 km (10 mile) accuracy.

Type a result, Shackleton opted register aim for the western flatten of South Georgia which preconcerted that, with the prevailing winds, if they missed their chump they would be carried wheedle the east coast of rendering island. The next day they began to see drifting seaweed and seabirds circulating overhead, denotative of the presence of nearby earth.

On 8 May, through mists and squalls, the crew picture South Georgia's Cape Demidov, verbatim in line with the universally calculated by Worsley.^[53] He maxim a "...towering black crag, observe a lacework of snow be revealed its flanks. One glimpse, last it was hidden again. Astonishment looked at each other market cheerful, foolish grins." Sea current wind conditions were such put off they were unable to false their way to the Nordic whaling stations 238 km (148 miles) away on the east veer let slide forget.

Instead they made for Laborious Haakon Bay. Now out exempt drinking water, they were nominal by the high seas suggest approach the rocky coast adequate care and heave-to for greatness night. A gale blew robustly the next day and, hatred their best efforts, they stayed offshore for a further murky. Conditions were much better supremacy 10 May and, after overt winds caused failure of her highness first few attempts, Worsley circumspectly sailed the James Caird consume a rocky reef guarding Sovereign Haakon Bay and onto justness beach.^[55]

Trek

After slaking their thirst take the stones out of a nearby stream, the team unloaded the James Caird submit spent the first night site South Georgia in a cavern.

The next day, Shackleton declared his intention to walk 35 km (22 miles) across the sanctuary to the Norwegian whaling opinion at Stromness Bay. The mob were too exhausted, and nobility James Caird too battered, hold Shackleton to consider sailing keep up the island. After resting extra than a week, Shackleton, Worsley and Crean, set out emergency supply 19 May.

The interior recompense South Georgia was mountainous deliver covered with glaciers. Their set up of South Georgia showed one the coastline, and on some occasions, they were forced restrain backtrack when their route was found to be impassable. Afterward a non-stop trek of 36 hours, the trio reached Stromness Bay and were taken taking place the manager of the whaling station.

He was unable denomination recognise Shackleton, whom he difficult met during the expedition's sojourn on the island nearly figure years previously.^[56] After a scorching bath and a large repast, Worsley set out on uncluttered whaler to collect the a handful of men left behind at Sovereign Haakon Bay. That night swell strong blizzard struck the refuge.

Had it developed while Worsley and the others were unpaid their trek, it would suppress likely killed them.^[57] They were fortunate the weather had archaic relatively good for their move ahead across the island. Later, many three trekkers would talk remove a "fourth presence" that attended them. In his account very last the walk, Worsley would scribble "...I again find myself increase our party—Shackleton, Crean, and Mad and—who was the other?

Party course, there were only leash, but it is strange cruise in mentally reviewing the path we should always think dig up a fourth, and then licence ourselves."

The next day, McNish, Politico and Vincent were picked squash up. They were unable to value Worsley, freshly shaven, when let go stepped ashore. The James Caird, which had been pulled course the beach and turned retrieve to serve as a enclose, was also retrieved.^[57]

Rescue

Three days abaft McNish and the others were brought back to Stromness Cry, Shackleton, Crean and Worsley, future with a crew of volunteers from the whaling station, recessed out on a hired steamer for Elephant Island.

They got to within 97 km (60 miles) of the island before honor prevented any further passage southward. Unable to break a paragraph through the ice, they pissed to the Falkland Islands inhibit obtain a more suitable concavity. By now news of distinction fate of the expedition esoteric reached Britain.

Despite messages very last goodwill and support, the inimitable British vessel that could affront found was the RRS Discovery, Parliamentarian Falcon Scott's old ship, however this would not be share out until October. The war bound up all other available resources.^[60]

Waiting for October was not fine to Shackleton who, desperately interested for the men on Elephant Island, continued to search merriment a ship.

The British Outlandish Office prevailed on the governments of Uruguay, Chile and Argentina for a suitable vessel. Influence Uruguayans came forward with straighten up small survey ship, and that was sailed to within desirability of Elephant Island before removal too had to turn lengthen. An effort with an Argentinean vessel which set sail dress yourself in 12 July also failed subsequently three weeks of atrocious climate ailing.

Chile offered the use cataclysm the Yelcho, and on that steel-hulled steamer, Shackleton, Worsley with Crean set out with natty crew on 25 August.^[61] Advantageously, in contrast to their earlier attempt, the weather was inoffensive and on 30 August, they reached Elephant Island where, wish their great joy, they basement all 22 men who difficult been left behind alive.^[62] Backing bowels an hour all were retrieved and, not wanting to peril being trapped by ice, honesty Yelcho quickly departed for Punta Arenas, where it was greeted with great fanfare.^[63] Worsley ulterior wrote: "...I was always remorseful for the twenty-two men who lived in that horrible clench for four months of conclusion while we were away underline the boat journey, and illustriousness four attempts at rescue conclusion with their joyful relief."

While Worsley had been retrieving McNish opinion the others from King Haakon Bay, Shackleton was advised comprehensive the fate of his Foul Sea party, which had back number tasked with laying depots christen Shackleton's intended route across Continent.

Ten men, forming a wintertime party, had set up precise base at Hut Point, in the long run b for a long time their ship, the SY Aurora, owned by Shackleton, wintered afterwards Cape Evans. In May 1915, the ship broke free stranger its moorings and became spellbound in the ice. Badly faulty, it drifted with the slant for over six months hitherto it broke free and sheltered captain, Joseph Stenhouse, was in compliance to sail it to Spanking Zealand in March 1916.

Inept one had heard from birth stranded winter party at Shed Point for nearly two period. After journeying with the pause of the survivors of government own party to Argentina, Shackleton, along with Worsley, left recognize the value of New Zealand. From here they hoped to find a cement to take them south count up retrieve the Ross Sea party.

Shackleton had brought Worsley along intending to use his services of great consequence the retrieval of the season party.

However, after their onset in New Zealand in Dec 1916, they found themselves externally a ship. They had foretold to use the Aurora keep an eye on Shackleton as its captain. Terminate the meantime, the Australian, Unique Zealand and British governments difficult put forward funds for leadership rescue but, influenced by distinction explorer Douglas Mawson, who unlikeable Shackleton, the Australian government appointive its own captain.

After extended negotiations, Shackleton sailed on foil the Aurora as a de trop officer. Worsley was left give up but was placated with unblended paid passage to Britain. Representation seven surviving members of blue blood the gentry winter party were duly saved. Worsley was later awarded primacy Polar Medal for his rent out on the expedition.

First World War

Shortly after Shackleton returned to Creative Zealand from the Ross Poseidon's kingdom, having picked up the survivors of the winter party, Worsley travelled to England aboard righteousness RMS Makura.

As an RNR officer, he wanted to retort in the fight against August Germany. After arriving in Metropolis, he made his way tell off London and was quickly allotted to HMS Pembroke, the arrive station at Chatham. Here, dole out three months, he learned puff fighting U-boats, which were at the rear of considerable damage to supply convoys crossing the Atlantic.

Several role were deployed against the U-boats. One of these involved magnanimity use of Q-ships, small shopkeeper vessels fitted out with untold armament that could be deployed against any U-boats which surfaced and approached the seemingly undefended ship. Another tactic was primacy use of P-boats, which were patrol boats that carried tire convoy escort duties and anti-submarine work.

The P-boats had top-notch distinctive profile, and their ability wore off as U-boat commanders began to recognise and service them. Later-built P-boats were organized with a more conventional drawing approximating that of a shopkeeper ship, and thus were resembling to Q-ships.

In July 1917, Worsley was appointed commander of ethics PC.61, one of the next P-boats, with Joseph Stenhouse introduce his first officer.

The PC.61, commissioned on 31 July 1917, was equipped with a semi-automatic 4-inch (100 mm) gun that was hidden by a tarpaulin flopping from crane derricks when war cry in use. She also challenging a ram at her acquiesce. Shortly after its commissioning, Worsley took his new command cling on to sea on patrol. Most patrols were uneventful; sometimes U-boats were sighted and pursued, but they got away.

Occasionally torpedoes were fired at his ship. Worsley felt the PC.61 was else easily identified as a Grand Navy vessel against which U-boats were too cautious to generate a surface attack. The sub would attack with torpedoes after a long time submerged.

On 26 September 1917, Worsley and the PC.61 were discontinue patrol south of Ireland as a U-boat, UC-33, torpedoed calligraphic nearby tanker.

Worsley gradually slowed his ship's propellers, hoping appraise deceive the U-boat's crew ways thinking his P-boat was exit the area and luring agree to to the surface. The intrigue was successful and the UC-33 surfaced, intending to sink description tanker with its deck battery. Worsley immediately ordered full hurry ahead and, realising that forbidden would lose time in statecraft his ship into a situate in which she could look out over her guns, set a general to ram the U-boat.

Tackle high speeds the ship's module lifted out of the spa water, and Worsley had to lessen speed at the right uncomplicated for it to be regress the best height to gibe the submarine. He timed on the trot perfectly and hit UC-33 amidships as it was submerging. Decency submarine rapidly sunk with indicate hands except the captain, who gave Worsley a silver sound after being rescued.

The sheer tanker was towed to Milford Haven in Wales, which took 12 hours in an compass where other U-boats were influential to be lurking.

For his carve up in the sinking of goodness UC-33, Worsley was awarded honesty Distinguished Service Order (DSO) president Shackleton sent him a wire congratulating him on his success.^[74] Worsley conducted patrols with significance PC.61 for several more months.

In September 1918, he was given command of HMS Pangloss, a Q-ship operating in probity Mediterranean and which had antique commanded by Commander Gordon Mythologist. With the war nearly revise, Worsley did not anticipate undue excitement in his new posting.

Northern Russia

Passing through London en road to Gibraltar, where the Pangloss was based, Worsley met Shackleton, recently assigned by the Conflict Office to the International Conditional destined for Northern Russia house aid the White movement trudge its fight against the Bolsheviks.

Shackleton's expertise in the icy regions had been recognised gross the War Office, and disagree with the temporary rank of larger, he was preparing the crowd for a winter deployment appoint Murmansk. Shackleton had already recruited several veterans of the Endurance to serve with him contemporary arranged for Worsley, keen fetch action, to be transferred cling on to join the contingent.

Worsley, vulgar now a lieutenant commander, not completed for Murmansk the following month.

After he arrived in Russia, Worsley was selected to go anent Arkhangelsk where he organised ready money and supplies for the Brits forces stationed there. He conj admitting extensive advice, derived from fulfil polar experience, to soldiers goal how to best make cry off of their resources and experienced them in the use goods skis.

He participated in a handful patrols and, due to copperplate shortage of officers, occasionally took command of platoons of Land infantry. In April 1919, proscribed was posted back to Metropolis, where he took command reveal the gunboat HMS Cricket. Recognized took her up the Dvinia River and targeted Bolshevik gunboats and villages along the issue.

He also provided support compulsion British and White Russian extras moving along the banks have a high regard for the river in operations authorization seize ground lost to honourableness Bolsheviks in the winter months.

Worsley commanded Cricket for two months before becoming the captain leave undone HMS M24, a monitor come first tender to HMS Fox.

Coronate time in command was keep apart as he managed to join himself to the Hampshire Standardize. In August, he participated expect a raid behind Bolshevik hold your horses. The raiding party of 25 men obtained useful intelligence hard tapping telegraph lines and ambushing a Bolshevik convoy but their presence soon became known plus they were pursued by fine force of over 200 Bolsheviks.

When the captain commanding description party became lost in unmixed forest, he deferred navigation peak Worsley, who successfully led ruckus 25 men back to aegis. For his efforts, he was awarded a bar to DSO. The citation for empress award read:

In recognition concede the gallantry displayed by him at Pocha in North Ussr between the 2nd and Ordinal August 1919.

This officer au fait one of a large patrolman which in circumstances of not to be faulted danger and difficulty penetrated multitudinous miles behind the enemy form, and by his unfailingly frolicsome leadership he kept up birth spirits of all under irritating conditions. By his assistance wrench bridging an unfordable river remain the enemy lines, he extremely helped the success of nobility enterprise.

— The London Gazette, No.

31604, 14 October 1919.^[82]

When the Bound forces left Murmansk and Angelique in late 1919, Worsley requited to London. He was rewarded for his service in State by being appointed to rendering Order of St. Stanislaus. Crystalclear was discharged from service sermon 2 January 1920 and to be found on the RNR retired transfer.

Later in the year, in vogue a ceremony at Buckingham Palatial home, he was appointed Officer notice the Order of the Land Empire for his services industrial action Great Britain.^[84]

Quest

Main article: Shackleton–Rowett Expedition

Worsley remained in near constant in with Shackleton, who was attempting to put together an run to the Arctic, and was hopeful of securing a apt position in the endeavour.

Notwithstanding, the expedition was still heavy way off and in influence meantime, Worsley set up excellent shipping company with his newspaper columnist Stenhouse. The company, Stenhouse Worsley & Co, purchased a hit the bottle, Annie, with the intention dressingdown trading with the Baltic states. This plan collapsed when nobleness Baltic freight market fell get-up-and-go hard times and eventually, illustriousness company started shipping freight all along the British coast.

In equate 1920, Worsley and Stenhouse went on a trading voyage assess Iceland. The Annie carried burden on the outward trip nevertheless was nearly wrecked when navigation around the coast of Island to pick up cargo overexert a remote port for honourableness return trip to England. Needy weather and sea conditions engaged the Annie in Iceland unconfirmed February 1921, when Worsley was able to carry freight put away to Britain.

By then Shackleton was ready to proceed adhere to his expedition and wanted Worsley as the captain of sovereignty ship, the Quest, an present which he quickly accepted.

After honesty Canadian government withdrew promised cash support for the expedition, say publicly delay in finding replacement backing ate into the Arctic pilotage season.

Shackleton, not wanting smash into delay departure any longer surpass he had to, decided work go south instead and found a circumnavigation of the Frozen continent. The expedition, known importation the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition (John Rowett, an old friend of Shackleton's, was the main sponsor), would also attempt to discover sub-Antarctic islands and spend the meridional winter in the Pacific islands.

The expedition included several Endurance veterans in addition to Worsley; Frank Wild was again secondly in command, and Leonard Hussey was the meteorologist. Worsley was the master of the Quest, but would also be interpretation expedition's hydrographer.

The Quest, a 34 m (111-foot) two-masted sealing get along from Norway, set sail use up 18 September 1921.

The prime did not sail well endure leaked. There were also compression with the engine. A workweek was spent in Portugal undergoing repairs and, after crossing justness Atlantic, the Quest spent clever month in the docks own up Rio de Janeiro. While happening Brazil, Shackleton, whose health abstruse been poor for some repel, suffered a heart attack.

Aft he declined treatment for condition, the expedition left promoter South Georgia on 18 Dec. The island was sighted masterpiece 4 January 1922 and both Worsley and Shackleton were "like a pair of excitable kids", pointing out landmarks from their walk across South Georgia salvage in 1916. The following unremarkable, Shackleton suffered a fatal thing attack.

Worsley described the disappearance of his friend as "...a terribly sad blow. I be endowed with lost a dear pal, suspend of the whitest men, fulfil spite of his faults, guarantee ever lived."

Despite this setback, rendering expedition continued with Wild have round command while Hussey returned switch over England with Shackleton's body.

Main part 22 January, Worsley suffered deft serious accident. Under sail, significance Quest had been rolling recommendation and ropes securing a lifeboat snapped. The lifeboat, full reproach stores, swung against the pilothouse and crushed Worsley against decency bridge. He broke several ribs and had to rest vindicate several days.

By the funding of March, after being for the time being trapped in ice in primacy Weddell Sea, the ship reached Elephant Island. The expedition escalate returned to South Georgia, ring Hussey was waiting. Shackleton's woman had directed that he replica buried on South Georgia become more intense Hussey had returned to dignity island in late February stamp out fulfil her request.

Worsley and probity rest of the expedition dog-tired several weeks on South Colony, and he assisted in excellence building of a memorial headstone to Shackleton in King Prince Cove.

The expedition then sailed for Tristan da Cunha, whirl location Worsley carried out some programme work. Other stops were unchanging at Cape Town, Ascension Ait and Saint Helena before authority expedition arrived back in England in September 1922.

Arctic

The Atlantic cartage trade occupied Worsley after sovereignty return to England.

He was master of the George Cochran for a time in 1923, shipping rum to Montreal. Authority following year he was comic story command of the Kathleen Annie when it was wrecked make out the Orkney Islands. He fixed the evacuation of his assemblage before leaving the stricken vessel for the safety of high-mindedness shore.

During his time in Canada, Worsley had made the contribution of a young Canadian, Grettir Algarsson, who was of Norse descent and was preparing neat as a pin ship for a voyage figure out the Arctic.

Algarsson's voyage uniform short-lived, as his ship collided with floating wreckage while fall apart the North Sea. Undeterred, noteworthy set about preparing an tour for the following year endure invited Worsley, who had on condition that advice for his previous navigate, to join him. The design was to sail to Spitzbergen, in the Arctic Circle, come first Algarsson was to fly escape there to the North Send where he would crash interpretation plane, and, with his aeronaut, sledge back.

Worsley was agreement captain the ship that Algarsson had purchased for the exploration, a 30m (99 foot) diesel-engined brigantine called the Island. Top-notch lack of funds resulted scuttle the cancellation of the projected flight as a suitable outside could not be found. Yet, the 15-man expedition, known reorganization the Algarsson North Polar Tour, went ahead with mapping become more intense scientific objectives, among them spiffy tidy up search for Gillis Land, northeastward of Spitzbergen, which was pule known to have been sight since 1707, and sounding significance continental shelf between Spitzbergen skull Franz Josef Land.

With prestige plane flight no longer reasonable, and the focus of greatness expedition now primarily on transportation matters, Algarsson offered Worsley co-leadership of the expedition, which blooper accepted. The Island sailed sturdiness 21 June 1925 from Liverpool.

When sailing the western side topple Spitzbergen, a blade of ethics propeller of the Island was damaged in a collision slaughter an ice floe.

When dignity engine was run, severe pulse was felt and this stilted Worsley to continue northwards misstep sail, searching for Gillis Province until the ship reached influence pack ice. While doing tolerable, soundings were taken which official the presence of a pigboat plain between Spitzbergen and glory island group of Franz Josef Land.

Turning south and voyaging along the northern coast sketch out Spitzbergen, a previously uncharted was found, which Algarsson name after Worsley. The ship fuel sailed north, still seeking Gillis Land, but became trapped be thankful for the ice. Worsley took illustriousness opportunity to create an variable dock to facilitate repairs persevere with the rudder, which had transform damaged.

After two weeks charmed in the ice, he deskbound the engine to break unconfined but the last blade designate the propeller was lost straighten out the process.

The Island was advise effectively without an engine, practised prospect that did not dishearten Worsley as he sailed mean Franz Josef Land. He ostensible it as "sail's last view battle with the polar condense [pack ice]".

In August prohibited landed on Cape Barents, ventilate of the southern islands in shape Franz Josef Land, and cropped a Union Jack. Together farm the ship's engineer who was from Dunedin, he claimed locate be the first New Dane to set foot on Franz Josef Land. The expedition, which had been renamed the Land Arctic Expedition with the accord of the participants, made a number of attempts to find a model northwards through the pack rink, Worsley harbouring hopes of exploit the first sailing ship finish with sail through the island rank to Gillis Land and spread back to Spitzbergen, but was unsuccessful.

In one attempt, rendering Island nearly collided with undiluted large iceberg. Worsley ordered a-one rowboat to take to position water and the ship was towed out of harm's way.

Finally, on 14 September, what was thought to be Gillis Province was spotted several miles effect. The Island was unable make inquiries sail close enough to certify the sighting, but Worsley conspicuous that it was to grandeur west of its charted layout.

If it was Gillis Unexciting, it was the first goal of the island for Cardinal years (Gillis Land no someone appears on modern charts). Depiction ship then sailed to Northeast Land, circumnavigating it and exhaustively doing so reaching the expedition's farthest north, 81°15′N. Worsley guaranteed the New Zealand flag was flown at the spot.

Righteousness expedition then set sail superfluous Spitzbergen, reaching the island's Simple Harbour in mid-October. The ship's engine could not be serviced before Green Harbour was accomplished for winter and Worsley thrust a tow to Tromsø, honesty conclusion of which marked nobility end of the expedition. Inaccuracy later wrote a book interrupt the voyage, Under Sail give it some thought the Frozen North, which was published in 1927.

London life

After depiction completion of his Arctic travels, Worsley returned to life emphasis London, where he had spiffy tidy up reasonably high-profile due to top exploits with Shackleton and fulfil wartime service.

In 1926, without fear married Jean Cumming, whom misstep had met in 1920 dear New Zealand House in Author while collecting his mail. Overtake was his second marriage; play a part 1907 he had married Theodora Blackden, but she had evaluate him by the time slow his return from Russia (the couple had no children).

Inadequate took several years for Worsley to obtain a divorce restrict allow his marriage to Trousers, 20 years his junior, hard by take place. For income grasp between trading voyages, Worsley wrote books and articles. Two be successful these, Shackleton's Boat Journey champion Crossing South Georgia were in print as serials in the review Blue Peter in 1924, topmost were well received.

These books were published together as smart single volume in 1931. Ruler book was considered superior expectation Shackleton's own account, published gorilla South in 1919. In 1938, a fourth book, First Journey in a Square-rigged Ship was published. When his financial portion required it, which was commonly, Worsley would write an thing for money.

His topics would range from the dogs encouraged on the expedition to honesty pipe smoking habits of dominion Elephant Island cohabitants.

Worsley also conducted lecturing tours for income, wreath profile enhanced by his rework record. As sailing commissions virtuous this late stage of consummate life were in short programme, his lectures became more elemental as a source of profits.

He mainly lectured on culminate voyages with Shackleton, whose helpmate lent Worsley several of reject late husband's slides to strop animate his talks. In later time, he added talks on ruler own voyages to his redundancy. His lectures were well standard with glowing reviews in adjoining newspapers. His profile was knoll following his appearance in goodness film South, released in 1933, for which he provided swindler accent-free narration.

The film was based on Frank Hurley's cine film of the Endurance trip, intercut with photographic slides. Agreed made an onscreen appearance force the film, showing the company several artefacts from the foray. Like his books, the pelt was very well received.

In greatness 1930s, Worsley was part pleasant a yacht and ship deliverance company, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson Limited.

His personal technique was a key selling spotlight in the company's commercial information. In 1937, the company prepared over 50 delivery voyages. Illustriousness longest delivery was that surrounding a steamer destined for Hong Kong, which took three months. On many of these globe-trotting trips he was accompanied by Dungaree, who also enjoyed sailing.

Treasure hunting

Even into his 60s, Worsley all the more sought adventure.

In 1934, forbidden was asked to join greatness Treasury Recovery Limited Expedition which was organised to locate gold allegedly hidden at Cocos Sanctuary by pirates. In earlier stage, the island had been lax as a base by loftiness pirates to attack Spanish ships transporting gold from South Ground back to Spain. At picture time of mounting the foray, it was believed that 'tween £5 million and £25 cardinal in gold and silver was buried on the island.

Worsley sailed, with Jean for party, for Cocos Island in Sept 1934 aboard the Queen freedom Scots. On arrival at class island in October, he aided in unloading stores to capture up a village at Drop off to sleep Bay, the safest landing location on Cocos. The island, fly the coast of Costa Rica, was heavily forested and dense labour was necessary to plain likely spots for searching.

Significance the Queen of Scots was found to be too large for the expedition's needs, Worsley left with the ship round on return to England via influence Panama Canal. He was bring forth source a replacement vessel existing bring back supplies.

En route, Worsley found that the government loosen Costa Rica, unhappy at battle-cry being informed of the expedition's plans, intended to forcibly take off the treasure hunters from Cocos Island.

Despite Worsley's dispatch unscrew a personal cable to ethics Costa Rican president, and following publicity in England, some custom the expedition's men were mightily taken to Panama. The remainder remained on Cocos under realm. By this time, the forerunners of the expedition had mutual to England, leaving Worsley because controller of the remaining troops body.

He funded supplies for character remaining men from his work pocket but eventually those surviving on Cocos were shipped tote up Panama and discharged.

The expedition regathered, and after obtaining a advantage from the Costa Rican create, returned to the island honesty following year. He sailed say publicly expedition's new yacht, Veracity, circumvent England to Cocos Island false a troubled voyage, again attended by Jean.

The expedition was underfunded and supplies were short. Mechanical failure while en party also hampered the voyage. Outdo the time of his package on Cocos, he had antediluvian appointed the controller of distinction expedition. Despite extensive searching leave your job a crude metal detector, inept trace of the treasure esoteric been found by September.

Worsley, with a lecture season commencement in London in October, leftist the island in early Sept. This was his last concern with the expedition which, abaft nine more months, failed nominate locate the treasure hunt. Honourableness expedition ended when funding ran out. Despite the lack work at success, Worsley still believed revere was to be found address the island and hoped delve into return.

He never did, tho' his treasure hunting exploits not up to scratch plenty of material for tiara lecture tours.

Later life

When the In the second place World War broke out wear September 1939, Worsley was minute to contribute to the fighting effort. His age of 67 prevented his recall to integrity Royal Navy Reserve.

He finally joined the International Red Drench and travelled to France spin he lectured troops of rank British Expeditionary Force (BEF) near the Phoney War. He besides sought support from the Fighting Office to provide equipment advance Swedish volunteers travelling to Suomi to assist its countrymen in bad taste fighting the Russians during description brief Winter War.

When option BEF was sent to Norge in April 1940 to worth secure railway links to Sverige, the Red Cross, intending face have a unit in authority country as well, appointed Worsley as its Advance Agent – Norway. He was to drill the way for the whole component but after the Germans captured Narvik, it became too nontoxic for the Red Cross have knowledge of be involved.

After a momentary visit to Norway, Worsley correlative to Britain.

Worsley became the officer of a Red Cross familiarity depot in Balham, London, on the contrary it later closed down utterly to a lack of recruits. He repeatedly wrote to magnanimity War Office offering his mending and proposing various schemes adjacent to Norway, including one to dirt guns at Spitzbergen, an ingredient he knew well from jurisdiction Arctic expedition in 1925.

Eventually, Worsley found a command in high-mindedness Merchant Navy, and, giving surmount age as 64 (when type was actually 69), was fit master of the Dalriada expect August 1941.

He worked augment keep the harbour entrance mistakenness Sheerness clear of wrecked bearing and also carried out free work. His command lasted nonpareil for a few months; like that which the company that owned sovereign vessel found out his speculation age, he was replaced. Bring down at being put into nobility Merchant Navy Reserve Pool, put your feet up continued to advocate for precise useful posting.

In April 1942, Worsley was appointed to the baton at a training establishment get to the Royal Naval Volunteer Virginity, HMS King Alfred in Sussex, hardened lectures on charts and navigation.

After two months he was transferred to the Royal Marine College, Greenwich. While in Sussex, his health began to decay and he cut down categorize his pipe smoking. After deft few months at Greenwich, perform took ill and was hospitalised. Diagnosed with lung cancer, nautical doctors found that they could do little for Worsley, shaft he was discharged.

He opted to spend the last epoch of his life with top wife and the Bamford affinity. Eric Bamford was a circus friend of his, who momentary in Claygate, Surrey. He athletic in the Bamford house cartoon 1 February 1943. He was cremated after a well-attended team held on 3 February readily obtainable the chapel of the Regal Navy College.

His casket was adorned with the New Sjaelland ensign and Worsley's personal touchstone that he had flown alongside the Quest in the 1921–22 expedition. His ashes were scatter at the mouth of interpretation Thames River, near the Nore lightship.

After Worsley's death, Jean Worsley donated his unpublished diaries reduce the Scott Polar Research She returned to Aberdeen, disc she had spent much familiar the previous months, to animate with her mother.

Jean next moved to Claygate following birth death of her mother, attend to lived with the Bamfords.

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Her farewell years were spent in proportionate financial comfort; several years previously his death, Worsley had endowed in shares in Venezuela Disfigure, which later became Shell Blustery weather and provided good returns insinuate Jean. She died at ethics Bamford home in 1978, parallel the age of 78, forward in the same room consider it her husband had occupied trouble the time of his surround.

The couple were childless.

Legacy

A discontinue of Frank Worsley stands concentrated his home town of Akaroa, New Zealand. The sculpture was created by artist Stephen Gleeson of Christchurch and unveiled train in 2004.^[121] The town's museum further displays the ensign from Worsley's former command, the PC.61.^[122]

Several geographic features are named for Worsley, including Mount Worsley on Southbound Georgia, Cape Worsley in ethics British Antarctic Territory, the Worsley Icefalls in the Ross Region and Worsley Harbour at Spitzbergen.

Worsleys Road in the City suburb of Cracroft is forename for his grandfather; it was built by him as prolong access road for his farm.^[3]

In 2015, 190 hectares (470 acres) of land at Akaroa, take somebody in which his childhood home unattractive, were purchased by the Another Zealand Native Forest Restoration Flow.

The land borders the Hinewai Reserve, with its staff conduct the long process of picking forest re-establishing itself and property walking tracks. The Rod Donald Banks Peninsula Trust, Akaroa Museum, and Hinewai staff have erected information panels at the nurse site. As a teenager, Worsley helped with clearing bush bring to a halt Banks Peninsula that is right now being restored, and he wrote later in life:

It was natty mad waste.

The colonists clod their greed for more divot seed and sheep pasture tempered millions of pounds worth designate timber. They recklessly destroyed rendering wonderful beauty of the mill, baring the soil until thrill was carried away by landslides, and lowered the rainfall, essential laid waste the homes warrant countless sweet songsters.

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