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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 a...
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...
Captain Franklin's ill-fated journey to find the Northwest Passage ended tragically, with both ships becoming icebound and the crew disappearing. The legacy of the Erebus and Terror lives on, reshaped by AMC's The Terror, which brings attention to forgotten history through a chilling lens.
In 1845, seasoned naval commander Sir John Franklin set out to find the Northwest Passage aboard two ships, the HMS Terror and HMS Erebus. The Terror, in particular, was quite an impressive ship. She was initially built as a bomb vessel and participated in multiple skirmishes in the War of 1812.
But what really happened to the crew of the Terror and Erebus? Fresh evidence from the shipwrecks discovered in 2014 and 2016 has offered fresh insight, while novels, TV series and archaeological investigations have all attempted to shed light on the crew's final moments.
The wrecks of HMS Erebus and Terror were discovered in 2014 and 2016, shedding new light on the fate of Franklin's lost expedition. But will we ever know the full story? Find out more about the history of Franklin's fatal voyage, and the continuing work to explore the Erebus and Terror shipwrecks
On May 19, 1845, the HMS Erebus with its sister ship HMS Terror sailed out of the River Thames, carrying 128 officers and men under the command of Sir John Franklin.
In addition, the Erebus and Terror carried cattle, pigs, and hens as well as a three years’ supply of canned soups and vegetables. The expedition departed from Britain on May 19, 1845. Franklin commanded the Erebus, with Fitzjames as his second-in-command, and Crozier was captain of the Terror.
The Wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site is the first national historic site to be jointly managed by Inuit and Parks Canada. Learn about the role of Inuit knowledge in the discoveries of the shipwrecks from Sir John Franklin’s legendary 1845 expedition.
In 1845, the aptly-named HMS Terror along with the HMS Erebus set off from Britain towards what is now Nunavut in Northern Canada in a quest to discover the fabled Northwest Passage – a navigable Arctic route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.