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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. The 372-ton ship was armed with two mortars – one 13 in (330 mm
It protects the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, the two ships of the last expedition of Sir John Franklin, lost in the 1840s during their search for the Northwest Passage and then re-discovered in 2014 and 2016. The site is jointly managed by Parks Canada and the local Inuit. Public access to the site is not permitted.
Michael Palin's 2018 book, Erebus, The Story of a Ship, was described by The Guardian newspaper as 'lively and diligent.' [172] He also produced a one man show based on his book. [173] A children's novel, Chasing Ghosts – An Arctic Adventure by Nicola Pierce featuring the expedition was published in 2020. [174]
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.
The bay was one of a series of landmarks along the waters explored by John Franklin during his lost expedition between 1845 and 1848. [3] The bay has the same name as HMS Terror, one of the two ships of the expedition. [4]
The Erebus class of warships was a class of 20th century Royal Navy monitors armed with a main battery of two 15-inch /42 Mk 1 guns in a single turret. It consisted of two vessels, Erebus and Terror, named after the two ships lost in the Franklin Expedition. Both were launched in 1916 and saw active service in World War I off the Belgian coast.
On 8 September 2014, it was announced that the wreckage of one of Franklin's ships was found on 7 September using a remotely operated underwater vehicle recently acquired by Parks Canada. [15] [16] On 1 October 2014, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that the remains were that of Erebus. [17]
In 1839, it was crossed by Peter Warren Dease and Thomas Simpson.It was named by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in 1905 for the Norwegian queen Maud of Wales.. The wreck of HMS Erebus from Franklin's lost expedition of 1845 to find the Northwest Passage was found in 2014.