Hms Terror British Explorer Sir John Franklin Doomed Ship Found In Franklin's lost expedition was a failed british voyage of arctic exploration led by captain sir john franklin that departed england in 1845 aboard two ships, hms erebus and hms terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the northwest passage in the canadian arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether. Cnn —. hms terror, a long lost ship that vanished while searching for the northwest passage, sparking one of the world’s great maritime mysteries, has been found almost 170 years on. the.
Inside The Hms Terror And The Doomed Franklin Expedition Of 1845 In 1848, the franklin expedition’s two ships, h.m.s. erebus and h.m.s. terror, disappeared with all their crew while searching for the northwest passage.their fate is one of the enduring. The well preserved wreck of hms erebus was found 11 meters (12 yards) below the surface, near king william island, about 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) northwest of toronto. historians believe. Arctic explorer and british naval captain sir john franklin and about 130 crew members embarked on an official mission to chart the last stretch of the northwest passage across the arctic. After the hms 'terror' and hms 'erebus' disappeared during franklin's lost expedition to find the northwest passage in 1845, its crew of 130 was never heard from again. when the 170 year old ship was finally found in 80 feet of water, it was nearly intact — raising more questions than answers.
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