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Among those explorers was John Franklin, who first travelled to the region in 1818 as second-in-command of an expedition towards the North Pole on the ships Dorothea and Trent. Franklin was subsequently leader of two overland expeditions to and along the Canadian Arctic coast, in 1819–1822 and 1825–1827. [11]
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1847 Ship State Description Cyrene United Kingdom: The barque was driven ashore at La Guaira, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from La Guaira to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was declared a total loss. [70] Skylark: British North America: The ship was driven ashore on the Barbary Coast 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of ...
French ship Tage (1847) Torrington (1847 brig) V. French ship Valmy (1847) Victory (1847 ship) W. West Point (1847) USS Wyandank
Through the lobbying efforts of Jeremiah N. Reynolds, [a] the United States House of Representatives passed a resolution on May 21, 1828, requesting President John Quincy Adams to send a ship to explore the Pacific. Adams was keen on the resolution and ordered his Secretary of the Navy to ready a ship, the Peacock.
Accession Date Area (sq.mi.) Area (km 2.) Cost in dollars Original territory of the Thirteen States (western lands, roughly between the Mississippi River and Appalachian Mountains, were claimed but not administered by the states and were all ceded to the federal government or new states by 1802)
USS Allegheny – the first United States Navy ship to be so named – was a large (989 long tons (1,005 t)) iron-hulled steamer that served as an American gunboat in the South Atlantic Ocean as well as in the European area.
[1]: 248 Perry and Conner met with Scott regarding the Navy's role in the siege, and offered six guns that were to be operated by sailors from the ships. [1]: 249 The naval battery was constructed under the direction of Captain Robert E. Lee 700 yd (640 m) from the city walls. [1]: 250
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1847 Ship State Description Amelia United Kingdom: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Piccaninny Bassara. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to the west coast of Africa. [7] Emma United Kingdom British North America: The brig departed from Pictou, Nova Scotia for Boston, Massachusetts ...