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∗ Written with the first "s" as an "ſ" in Victorian manner i.e.: "Cloẛsan"¤ First name read as "David" in Cyriax crewlist † This name appears twice in the original list
On 5 May, the party led by Lieutenant William Hobson discovered the Victory Point Note, which detailed the abandonment of Erebus and Terror, death of Franklin and other crew members, and the decision by the survivors to march south to the mainland. [56]
Oral reports by local Inuit that some of the crew members resorted to cannibalism are supported by evidence of cut marks and pot polish [clarification needed] on the skeletal remains of crew members found on King William Island during the late 20th century. [11] [12]
Eight other ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Terror: HMS ... and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar.
Jared Harris as Captain Francis Crozier, Commanding Officer, HMS Terror, and expedition second-in-command [8] Tobias Menzies [9] as Commander James Fitzjames, First Officer, HMS Erebus [10] Paul Ready as Assistant Surgeon Harry Goodsir, HMS Erebus; Adam Nagaitis as Caulker's Mate Cornelius Hickey, HMS Terror; Ian Hart as Ice Master Thomas ...
The ship chosen for the voyage was HMS Endeavour. The makeup of the crew during the voyage varied due the high mortality, for which contributed mainly malaria and dysentery, that the crew had contracted in Batavia. [3] There was also one occurrence of successful desertion of Patrick Saunders, who after being disrated, escaped the ship. [a] [5]
John Irving was born on Princes Street in Edinburgh, Scotland on 8 February 1815, the fourth son of John Irving, a lawyer who was a member of the Society of Writers to the Signet and childhood friend of Sir Walter Scott, and Agnes Hay, daughter of Colonel Lewis Hay, a noted engineering officer who perished in the 1799 Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland.
Torrington had apparently died about seven months into the expedition, which led to further questions as to why crew members had died so early in the expedition. In 1976, the graves were rediscovered on Beechey Island , Nunavut , Canada and the headboards (presumed to be the originals) were transferred to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage ...