15 Facts About Joseph Stenhouse

Joseph Stenhouse later served with distinction in the Royal Navy during both World Wars.

Joseph Stenhouse then joined the British India Steam Navigation Company before receiving a last-minute appointment as First Officer on the Aurora, which was then in Australia awaiting refit.

When Mackintosh left to take charge of depot-laying operations, Joseph Stenhouse took over command of the ship, with the task of finding a suitable winter anchorage.

Joseph Stenhouse ordered the engines started, and cautiously worked the ship out of the loose pack into the open sea.

Joseph Stenhouse did not find his concerns recognised by immediate action on the part of the authorities.

Joseph Stenhouse still considered that he was the Aurora's commander and assumed that he would lead the relief expedition when the ship was ready to sail, but the representatives of the governments decided that he was too inexperienced.

Joseph Stenhouse was Shackleton's man, and they were adamant that neither Shackleton, who had reappeared in the Falkland Islands after his own extended adventure and escape, nor his proxy, should lead the relief, and appointed their own choice, Captain John King Davis.

On his return to England Joseph Stenhouse reported for duty with the Royal Navy and was posted as Gunnery Officer to mystery Q-ship PQ61.

On 26 September 1917, the ship engaged and sank a U-boat in the Irish sea, an action which earned Joseph Stenhouse a Distinguished Service Cross on 17 November.

Joseph Stenhouse was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1920.

In 1923 Joseph Stenhouse married Gladys Mackintosh, Aeneas Mackintosh's widow, and in 1924 a daughter was born.

Joseph Stenhouse was promoted to lieutenant-commander in the RNR on 1 August 1924.

Joseph Stenhouse retired from the RNR on 31 December 1931 with the rank of commander.

At the outbreak of World War II, Joseph Stenhouse signed on for active service.

Joseph Stenhouse is commemorated by Stenhouse Bluff in the South Shetland Islands at.