Henry Wilson (sailor)

Henry Wilson (1740–1810)[1][2] was an English naval captain of the British East India Company, from Rotherhithe.[3] He was in command of the British East India Company packet ship Antelope, when it shipwrecked off Ulong Island,[4] near Koror Island in Palau in 1783, and the East Indiaman Warley at the Battle of Pulo Aura.

Captain Henry Wilson, portrait about 1782 by Arthur William Devis.
  1. ^ Nan Kivell Catalogue (PDF), at p. 74.
  2. ^ pastellists.com (PDF)
  3. ^ "portcities.org.uk". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Palau: Airai – Visitors: Explorers". Retrieved 25 December 2007.

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