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On 1 October at the House of Commons, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper confirmed the wreck was that of HMS Erebus. [ 114 ] [ 115 ] [ 116 ] A documentary, Hunt for the Arctic Ghost Ship , was produced by Lion Television for Channel 4 's Secret History series in 2015.
On board Parks Canada's archeology support barge "Qiniqtiryuaq" beside the wreck of HMS Erebus As of 2019, the wrecks are the subject of archeological research undertaken by Parks Canada . Researchers are using the RV David Thompson , a scientific and research vessel, as living accommodation; and a barge "Qiniqtiryuaq" to support the diving ...
HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales, in 1826.The vessel was the second in the Royal Navy named after Erebus, the personification of darkness in Greek mythology.
One of two doomed ships lost long ago trying to discover the mysterious Northwest Passage has been found. In September, Canadian officials announced they'd found a shipwreck they believed belonged ...
Ship's Boy: Deptford, Kent 18 Robert Golding: Ship's Boy Deptford, Kent 19 William Aitken ∞: Royal Marines Kenilworth, Surrey 37 John Brown ∞: Able Seaman Robert Carr ∞: Armourer London 23 James Elliot ∞: Sailmaker Woolwich, Kent 20
The ship is one of the “best-preserved” wooden wrecks in the world, researchers said. Divers recover 275 artifacts, including ‘remarkable’ book, from Arctic shipwreck Skip to main content
HMS Erebus (1856) was a 16-gun iron screw floating battery launched in 1856 and sold in 1884. HMS Erebus was an Audacious-class battleship launched in 1864 as HMS Invincible. She was renamed HMS Erebus in 1904, HMS Fisgard II in 1906 and sank in a storm in 1914. HMS Erebus (I02) was an Erebus-class monitor launched in 1916 and broken up in 1947.
Grave of John Torrington. John Shaw Torrington (1825 – 1 January 1846) was a Royal Navy stoker.He was part of the 1845 Franklin Expedition to chart unexplored areas of what is now Nunavut, Canada, find the Northwest Passage, and make scientific observations.