Francis Chichester
Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE (17 September 1901 – 26 August 1972), aviator and sailor, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for becoming the second person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route, and the fastest circumnavigator, in nine months and one day overall. The first person to circumnavigate single-handed was Joshua Slocum, a Nova Scotian, became a naturalized American, over a three-year period starting in 1895
Read more about Francis Chichester: Family, Gipsy Moth IV's Restoration, Other Posthumous Honours, Bibliography
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