Sir Allen Young CB, CVO, RNR

Sir Allen Young CB, CVO, RNR
Title:Sir
First name:Allen
Surname:Young
Post-nominals:CB, CVO, RNR
Year elected:1861
Last year on list:1915
Elected as:Allen Young Esq
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Sir Allen William Young, CB, CVO (12 December 1827 – 20 November 1915) was an English master mariner and explorer, best remembered for his role in Arctic exploration including the search for Sir John Franklin.

Young was 'perhaps the best and most competent sailor who has ever flown the Squadron flag'.  He commanded a transport in the Crimean War, a gunboat in the Taiping rebellion, and clippers on the eastern trade routes.

Sir Allen Young is also remembered for a dinner party he held in London on 24 May 1877 at which the Prince of Wales, subsequently Edward VII of the United Kingdom, arranged to sit next to his mistress Lillie Langtry while her husband was discreetly seated elsewhere.

Yachts Owned

NameRig ClassfromtoMMSI
Ione Schooner 1861 1861  
Swan Brigantine 1862 1862  
Erminia Topsail Schooner 1866 1868  
Zara Topsail Schooner 1869 1872  
Pandora Steam Ship 1876 1877  
Helen Topsail Schooner 1880 1881  
Stella Steam Ship 1883 1915  
Lilith Cutter 1893 1893  
Dolphin Yawl 1899 1899  
Susan Cutter 1902 1905  

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