Sir John Henslow (9 October 1730 – 22 September 1815) was a Surveyor to the Navy in the British (Royal Navy), a post he held jointly or solely from 1784 to 1806.
He was 7th child of John Henslow, a master carpenter in the dockyard at Woolwich.
[1] Cape Henslow on Guadalcanal is named after him.
Perhaps his smallest vessels were the two Placentia-class sloops of 42 tons burthen, which he designed for coastal patrol duties off Newfoundland.
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