In 1845 he joined Sir John Franklin on the Northwest Passage expedition as captain of HMS Terror. After Franklin's death in June 1847, he took command of the expedition, and his fate and that of the other expedition members remained a mystery until a note from him and James Fitzjames, captain of Erebus, the other ship on the expedition, was discovered on King William Island in 1859 during an expedition led by Captain F. L. McClintock. Dated April 25, 1848, the note said that the ships, stuck in ice, had been abandoned. Nine officers, including John Franklin, and 15 crewmen had died, and the survivors were setting out on April 26 for Back's Fish River on the Canadian mainland.[1] There were later, unverified Inuit reports that between 1852 and 1858 Crozier and one other expedition member were seen in the Baker Lake area, about 400 km (250 mi) to the south, where in 1948 Farley Mowat found "a very ancient cairn, not of normal Eskimo construction" inside which were shreds of a hardwood box with dovetail joints.[2] McClintock and later searchers found relics, graves, and human remains of the Franklin crew on Beechey Island, King William Island, and the northern coast of the Canadian mainland, but none found any of the men alive.
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Francis Rawden Moira Crozier was Irish. Born in Banbridge County Down, Northern Ireland. Ireland was still one nation at that time, but considered under British rule.
Francis Crozier was born on 1796-08-16.
Captain Francis Crozier found the north west passage.
Francis Crozier died in 1848.
Georges Crozier died in 1944.
Eric Crozier died in 1994.
Andrew Crozier died in 2008.
Captain Francis Crozier found the Northwest Passage, though many believe it was Sir John Franklin. Franklin actually died before reaching the passage, leaving Captain Crozier in command of the two ships, Erebus and Terror, and who lead the men across the Simpson Strait, the final step of the Northwest passage.
William Percival Crozier died in 1944.
Frank R. Crozier died in 1948.
Robert Crozier died on 1895-10-02.