Donald Crowhurst
Sailor, Politician
1932 – 1969
Who was Donald Crowhurst?
Donald Crowhurst was a British businessman and amateur sailor who died while competing in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed, round-the-world yacht race. Crowhurst had entered the race in hopes of winning a cash prize from The Sunday Times to aid his failing business. Instead, he encountered difficulty early in the voyage, and secretly abandoned the race while reporting false positions, in an attempt to appear to complete a circumnavigation without actually circling the world. Evidence found after his disappearance indicates that this attempt ended in insanity and suicide.
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- Born
- 1932
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh - Also known as
- Кроухёрст, Дональд
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
- Died
- 1969
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on July 23, 2013
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