Daniel Woodriff

Daniel Woodriff

Born(1756-11-17)17 November 1756
England
Died25 February 1842(1842-02-25) (aged 85)
England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch Royal Navy
RankCaptain
CommandsHMS Endymion
HMS Calcutta
Battles / wars
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath

Captain Daniel Woodriff CB (17 November 1756 – 25 February 1842) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. He made two voyages to Australia. He was Naval Agent on the convict transport Kitty in 1792 and, in 1803, the captain of HMS Calcutta for David Collins' expedition to found a settlement in Port Phillip.