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The wreck of HMS Erebus of Franklin’s doomed expedition, found by Parks Canada. HMS Terror was also discovered and in much better condition.
Plan of the HMS Terror with the necessary modifications necessary for the expedition.
Franklin relics - Divers found dishes in the steward’s pantry at the HMS Erebus shipwreck
A relic of Sir John Franklin’s last expedition 1845-48. Knife blade bought from the Inuit by the McClintock Search Expedition on 3 March 1859, near Cape Victoria, on the Boothia Peninsula. The item is made from materials salvaged from discarded equipment belonging to the Franklin expedition. It has a triangular steel blade with two reinforcing plates attached which retain one copper and two steel rivets. Referred to by McClintock as ‘one knife without a handle’. A Royal Naval Museum number has been painted in white on the handle ’(6)’. Date 1848-1859.
“They forged the last links with their lives”: Sir John Franklin’s men dying by their boat during the North-West Passage expedition. The original full title of this painting, under which it was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1895. Artist: Smith, William Thomas.
Relics of the lost Franklin Expedition, as found by McClintock in 1859. Watercolors on paper, artist by Kristina Gehrmann.
