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Hutchins, Richard (1741? - 1785?) |
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| Born: 1741?. Died: 13 July 1785? Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. | ||
| Richard Hutchins was 27 years old when he joined the crew of the Endeavour as an able-bodied seaman at Deptford on 17 June 1768. |
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Despite being punished with 12 lashes for disobedience on 16 April 1769, Hutchins was appointed boatswain's mate by Cook on 1 September 1769. He also served as coxswain of Endeavour's Pinnace and on 5 February 1771 was appointed boatswain on the death of John Gathrey of dysentery. | |
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| Parties: Ship's Company, Endeavour | |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000416 |