John Nunn

John Nunn (2 July 1803 – 1860) was an English sailor and author. During his time as a sailor, he was shipwrecked at the uninhabited Kerguelen Islands, which led to a three and a half year stay there. He recorded his experiences in a book that also described Kerguelen in detail. Early life John Nunn was born the son of a fisherman on 2 July 1803 in Harwich, Essex, England. In his early years, he helped his father fish. At the age of 15, he started regular training and work on a turbot fishing trawler. Two years later he went to Holland and hired there on a fishing boat. He survived it sinking in the surf in heavy weather, went back to England, and continued to work as a fisherman on various boats. In 1825, he joined Royal Sovereign that was headed to Kerguelen Island. The ship arrived on the Kerguelen, which at that time were also called Island of Desolation or just Desolation. The team started the hunt systematically. Due to unfortunate events during an excursion by Nunn and three other crew members in 1825, the Royal Sovereign left the Kerguelen without these four members of their crew, who survived on the Kerguelen. Shipwreck