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Sir Frederick Charles Learmonth (14 January 1866 – 3 June 1941) was a

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officer.

Career

Frederick Learmonth joined the

some time before 1887, being promoted from

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on 24 August of that year. In March 1900 he was posted to the survey vessel HMS ''Research'', and on 14 July 1900 he was promoted to

commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

. He served in that rank for six years, being promoted to

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on 31 December 1906. Around the same time as this Learmonth received command of the survey vessel HMS ''Egeria'', based in

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. In 1907, Learmonth named the first part of the

Gardner Canal The Gardner Canal is one of the principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. Technically a side-inlet of the larger Douglas Channel, the Gardner Canal is still in length in its own right; total length of the waterways converging on the Douglas ...

Alan Reach, after Admiral Alan, Lord Gardner. Learmonth went on to name a number of locations in and around the canal while completing an extensive survey of the area, often providing names relating to Gardner and men who were serving in ''Egeria''. He continued in command of the survey ship into the following year, surveying

Zayas Island Zayas Island (french: île Zayas) is an island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located in the east side of Dixon Entrance to the west of Dundas Island. Three parcels of land on the north, east and south shores of the island are res ...

. He left the ship later on in 1909. As a vice-admiral Learmonth served as

Hydrographer of the Navy The Hydrographer of the Navy is the principal hydrographical Royal Naval appointment. From 1795 until 2001, the post was responsible for the production of charts for the Royal Navy, and around this post grew the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office ...

from 1919 to 1924.

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