St George expedition to the South Pacific
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- Evelyn Cheesman
- Cynthia Longfield
- Cyril Leslie Collenette
- James Hornell
- Cyril Crossland
- Lawrence Athelstan Molesworth Riley
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| Start | 9 April 1924 |
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The St George expedition to the South Pacific took place over the period 1924-1925 and was sponsored by the Scientific Expeditionary Research Association.[1] The objective was a partial replication of Darwin’s famous journey to the South Sea.[2]
The expedition set out from Dartmouth harbour on 9 April 1924. The vessel, the SY St George, was a 1000 tonne sailing yacht equipped with a laboratory and dark rooms and was captained by David Blair (OBE), who had sailed with the Titanic on its sea trials but had been transferred from the crew just before its fateful voyage.[3] The expedition's Scientific Director was James Hornell[4] and the others on board included a mix of scientists and tourists with divergent aims and interests.[2]
The cruise sailed to Madeira,[5] crossed the Atlantic, landing at Trinidad and Tobago and from there sailed down the Panama Canal into the Pacific Ocean. In the Pacific they called into the Galapagos, the Marquesas, the Society Islands[6] and Easter Island before returning to Panama and recrossing the Atlantic[2] to arrive in the UK in returning October 1925.[3]