Lieutenant Charles Bampfield Yule
Naval officer, marine surveyor, and editor of the Admiralty Australia Directory, Charles Bampfield Yule (1806–1878), joined the Royal Navy in May 1830 and commanded H.M.S. Bramble on the Royal Navy's East Indies Station, accompanying Francis Blackwood's surveying expedition (1842 to 1845) when the Bramble served as tender to H.M.S. Fly. His vessel splayed a similar role in Owen Stanley's New Guinea expedition (1848–1849). On Stanley's death in March 1850, Yule assumed command of Rattlesnake for the remainder of the voyage.
During the Fly expedition, Yule discovered and named Heron Island on 11 January 1843 and charted Endeavour Reef. He subsequently compiled for the Hydrographic Office the 3-volume Australian directory, based on the results of the various Admiralty surveys of Australian waters. (1853 to 1868).
