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'''Timothy McCarthy''' (15 July 1888 – 16 March 1917) was an Irish [[leading seaman]] (LB). He is best known for his service in the [[Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition]] of 1914–1916, for which he was awarded the Bronze [[Polar Medal]].<ref name="Obituary">((cite web |url=http://www.enduranceobituaries.co.uk/mccarthy.htm |title=The Endurance Obituaries: Timothy F. McCarthy |author=John F. Mann |year=2009 |publisher=enduranceobituaries.co.uk |accessdate=22 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025095046/http://www.enduranceobituaries.co.uk/mccarthy.htm |archivedate=25 October 2016 |df=dmy-all ))</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Timothy McCarthy plaque on the Timothy and Mortimer McCarthy memorial by Graham Brett, Kinsale.jpg|thumb|upright|Plaque on the quay-side memorial in Kinsale]]
McCarthy was born on 15 July 1888 in [[Kinsale]], [[County Cork]]. He signed on the ''Endurance'' as an [[able seaman]], and participated fully in the dangers and privations of the [[Weddell Sea]], particularly after the ''Endurance'' sank and the ship's company and shore party were marooned on a nearby [[Drift ice|ice floe]]. Later, the ship's company and shore party were forced to take to [[lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboat]]s, and the seamanship of the ABs became a decisive element in the survival of the entire company.<ref name="Obituary"/>

Expedition commander [[Ernest Shackleton]] was impressed by McCarthy's skill during the survival journey from the northern Weddell Sea to [[Elephant Island]], and so when the expedition leader decided to relaunch the best lifeboat into the open [[Southern Ocean]], with the goal of contacting potential rescuers in [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]], McCarthy was one of the five men he chose to accompany him. The sixteen-day [[voyage of the James Caird|voyage of the ''James Caird'']] in April–May 1916 became a classic story of human endurance, and the boat's navigator, [[Frank Worsley]], offered fervent and repeated praise to McCarthy for his services in keeping the boat afloat and helping to ensure the survival of the party.<ref name="Obituary"/>

When the ''James Caird'', in a sinking condition, made landfall on [[King Haakon Bay|South Georgia's uncharted southern coast]], two of the six men of the company were physically unfit for further service. Shackleton and his men turned over the boat and made it into a primitive shore shelter, which they called ''[[Peggotty Bluff|Peggotty Camp]]''. Three of the men—[[Tom Crean (explorer)|Tom Crean]], Worsley, and Shackleton himself—crossed the icy island to finalise the rescue, while the other three, the ageing carpenter [[Henry McNish]] and incapacitated seaman [[John Vincent (sailor)|John Vincent]], briefly remained at the camp under McCarthy's informal leadership. The island crossing was successful and the party was reunited after less than forty-eight hours. Soon McCarthy found himself heading northward. Having successfully participated in his own rescue, his part in the expedition was over.<ref name="Obituary"/>

Upon making landfall in the British Isles, McCarthy (who opposed the [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] [[Irish Home Rule movement|Home Rule movement]] and identified himself with the [[British Empire]]) found his country fighting [[World War I]]. He joined the [[Royal Naval Reserve]] as a [[leading seaman]]. In these duties he was assigned to man a deck gun on the [[SS Narragansett (oil tanker)|S.S. ''Narragansett'']], an [[oil tanker]]. On 16 March 1917, this vessel was [[torpedoed]] and sunk with all hands in the [[Western Approaches]]. McCarthy, aged 28, was the first member of the Weddell Sea party of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition to die.<ref name="Obituary"/>

==Legacy==
[[File:Timothy and Mortimer McCarthy memorial by Graham Brett, Kinsale.jpg|thumb|upright|The McCarthy brothers' memorial in Kinsale]]
In 1916–17, McCarthy was awarded the Polar Medal in bronze. [[McCarthy Island (South Georgia)|McCarthy Island]], a rocky island just off [[King Haakon Bay]] where the ''James Caird'' made landfall, was named in McCarthy's honour by the [[South Georgia Survey]] in the period 1951–1957. A joint bust of Tim McCarthy and his brother [[Mortimer McCarthy|Morty]], also an Antarctic explorer, was unveiled in Kinsale in September 2000.<ref name="Obituary"/>

==References==
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