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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.
John Torrington dies and is buried at Beechey Island. [139] 4 January John Hartnell dies and is autopsied before being buried at Beechey Island. [139] 3 April William Braine dies but is stored in the ship instead of buried immediately. [139] c. 8 April Braine is buried at Beechey Island after his body is gnawed on by ship rats. [139]
Three headstones (L-R) commemorate John Torrington, William Braine and John Hartnell of the Franklin Expedition. A fourth headstone marks the grave of a sailor named Thomas Morgan who came later in a Franklin search expedition and died at the camp. Note: Image is a composite of four separate images - one of each headstone at the Fraanklin Camp ...
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
John Downing: Quartermaster Plymouth, Devon: 34 John Murray: Sailmaker Glasgow, Lanarks. 43 James W. Brown: Caulker Deptford, Kent 28 William Smith: Blacksmith Thibnam , Norfolk: 28 James Hart: Leading Stoker Hampstead, Middx: 33 Richard Wall: Cook Hull, Yorks. 45 James Rigden: Captain's Coxswain Upper Deal, Kent 32 John Sullivan: Captain of ...
Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition is a book by Owen Beattie and John Geiger, first published in 1987 by Bloomsbury Publishing.The book focuses on the dramatic events surrounding the Franklin Expedition of 1845-1848, led by Sir John Franklin, as well as the scientific work and forensic testing on the bodies of three perfectly preserved Victorian seamen 138 years after their ...
Graves of William Braine (left), John Torrington (right) and John Hartnell (center). Braine was a part of Sir John Franklin's final expedition to find the Northwest Passage. [ 3 ] The trip was expected to last about three years, so the ships were packed with provisions which included more than 136,000 pounds of flour, 3,684 gallons of high ...
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