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18-498: Kinnier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Douglas Reid Kinnier (1858–1916), British seaman Keith Robert Martin Kinnier (1902–1969), British seaman [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Kinnier . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding

36-478: A channel dangerous enough to appal the stoutest heart, doing so without denting a single plate. Captain Kinnier had taken a huge risk, but came through with flying colours. His behaviour affords a shining example of the splendid spirit which animated the officers and men throughout those stormy and nerve-racking days of the worldwide war". Similar sentiments were expressed by Captain Frank Shaw in his history of

54-623: A greedy enemy and snatched a valuable ship and many more valuable lives from capture or possible death. Men like Captain Kinnier of the Ortega may not have monuments erected to their memory in Westminster Abbey, but they live enshrined in the hearts of patriots". The escape of the Ortega was also used as the basis for the short novel Tom Chatto RNR . Captain Kinnier died on Christmas Eve 1916 following surgery to repair an ulcer . He

72-597: A niece of Hugh Auchincloss, the New York merchant. He grew up in Saltcoats , Ayrshire until, against his father's wishes, he went to sea in 1874. On 20 May 1889 he married Minnie Agnes Martin and had five children: Major Douglas Reid Kinnier T.D., Hugh Stirling Kinnier, Anna Josephine Kinnier, Gertrude Kinnier and Captain Keith Robert Martin Kinnier , O.B.E. On 18 September 1914 Captain Kinnier

90-444: A vessel which could have blown his ship out of the water with a single broadside, nobody could have blamed Captain Kinnier if he had hauled down his colours and surrendered. But this was not the sort of stuff of which British captains are made. Loyally helped by his officers and men, with great presence of mind and an excellent display of seamanship and navigation, he first escaped from his enemy and then brought his ship to safety through

108-602: The British Merchant Navy, Flag of the Seven Seas : "But this instance of British Merchant Navy resourcefulness is illuminating. In the very waters where Drake - himself a merchant seanman - displayed the courage and resourcefulness that blazoned the name of England through the then-known world, another merchantman, also inspired with the tradition of the sea, which demands of its devotees that there shall be no surrender so long as life persists, signally thwarted

126-856: The French Government which presented him with a gold chronometer and by the Admiralty which gave him a silver plate in commemoration of his services during the First World War. Using the funds of a public subscription, the Lord Mayor of Liverpool presented Captain Kinnier with a silk Union flag which was later presented by the family to Saltcoats Burgh Council in May 1931. In his 1927 book, Sea Escapes and Adventures , Commander Taprell Dorling D.S.O. commemorated Kinnier's exploits thus: "Seldom have honours been better deserved. Pursued by

144-702: The Lecky Look Out (890 m) on the Contreras Island , and the Monte Lucía of 510 m on the Diego de Almagro Island . In the vicinity of its south arm is Monte Burney , which lie on Muñoz Gamero Peninsula in mainland. This imposing volcanic peak stands out from the mountains that surround it. Other mountains in the area include Monte Joy (443 m) and the peaks Sainte Agnes and Sainte Anne with elevations of 323 and 513 m high respectively, which stand on

162-488: The Manuel Rodríguez Island. The tidal currents are stable and weak, but influenced by the wind. On the south branch, there are a number of lighthouses , buoys and beacons as a pilotage aid, which are located specialty at the passes Summer and Shoal, and at the channels Gray and Mayne, all of which lie along its course. There exist special instructions for the navigation in the places mentioned. In

180-665: The Sarmiento Channel at southern tip of the Victoria Pass until the point already named, where it joins to the Strait of Magellan. The channel is flanked by mountain ranges of exposed granite that at their foothills have limited vegetation cover, because the continuous winds that blow against it. In the northwest arm the hills are high, including the Monte Nuestra Señora de la Victoria (890 m) and

198-614: The Straits of Magellan. Subsequently, Captain Kinnier navigated his command into Smyth's Channel and thereafter Rio de Janeiro , "without even having a scratch on his plates". In honour of his actions, Captain Kinnier was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by King George V who also conferred upon him an honorary lieutenancy in the Royal Naval Reserve. Captain Kinnier was later honoured by

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216-524: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kinnier&oldid=921470547 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Douglas Reid Kinnier Captain Douglas Reid Kinnier DSC (20 October 1858 – 24 December 1916)

234-643: The ship as fast as he could. The Dresden then opened fire in earnest, but the Ortega , stern on, did not present a large target and none of the shots took effect. Chancing all risks in the shallow and uncharted channels of Nelson Strait , Captain Kinnier succeeded in reaching waters where it was impossible for the Dresden to follow. Lowering some boats he sent them ahead of the ship to take soundings, and by following slowly in their wake, Captain Kinnier succeeded eventually in working his way through nearly one hundred miles of narrow and tortuous channel and emerged into

252-474: The southern extreme of Manuel Rodriguez Island and Merino Peninsula on the mainland, where it opens into the Strait of Magellan . The channel has a length of approximately 96 nmi and is divided into two arms: the northwest arm, which is scarcely used as navigation route and is 50 nmi long, and the south arm (46 nmi long), which is a major waterway for commercial sailing and that stretches from its connection with

270-594: Was a distinguished British seaman who rose to prominence in the early months of the First World War for a daring escape from the German cruiser SMS  Dresden in uncharted seas in the vicinity of the Magellan Straits . Captain Kinnier was born on 20 October 1858, the second son of Robert Snodgrass Kinnier, a surgeon, and Agnes Corse Stirling, daughter of Glasgow manufacturer William Stirling and

288-764: Was buried in Bebington Cemetery on 30 December 1916. Smyth%27s Channel Its north entrance is in the Nelson Strait at 51°36′10″S 74°48′12″W  /  51.60278°S 74.80333°W  / -51.60278; -74.80333  ( Smyth Channel,northern end ) , between Charlton Cape and the western extreme of the Lobos Islands; and its southern terminus is at 52°46′05″S 73°50′10″W  /  52.76806°S 73.83611°W  / -52.76806; -73.83611  ( Smyth Channel, southern end ) , between Phillip Cape at

306-433: Was only capable of a maximum speed of 14 knots whereas the cruiser could achieve a speed of 20 knots. Captain Kinnier ordered a change of course for Cape George . Notwithstanding the ship's engineers achieved a speed of 18 knots, the Dresden soon came within range and a shot from her foremost gun fell alongside the ship as a signal to heave to. Captain Kinnier, however, ignored the signal, and continued on his course, driving

324-579: Was the commander of the Ortega which was traveling southward along the Chilean coast from Valparaiso to Montevideo . In addition to a valuable cargo of £117,000, the Ortega was carrying 300 French reservists as well as confidential mail from the Admiralty . When the Ortega was some 50 miles from the entrance to the Straits of Magellan through which she intended to pass, she sighted a German cruiser, Dresden , approaching on an opposite course. The Ortega

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