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Death in the ice: the shocking story of Franklin's final voyage
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HMS Terror as she appeared after being thrown up by the ice on Sept 27 1836. Entrance of the Frozen Straits (Print)
Sketches of HMS Terror monitor, HMS Attentive light cruiser, steam launch and ship's boats (Drawing)
No.10 The crew of His Majesty's ship HMS Terror breaking a passage in the ice, September 5th 1836 (Drawing)
Owen Stanley Sketchbook 1836-1837. A series of slight sketches of... H.M.S. Terror... 1836, 1837 while on a voyage to ascertain the existance of a North West Passage... by Owen Stanley (Sketchbook)
No XIII Sketch of the position of HMS Terror in the early part of March 1837 when the ice seemed likely to run over her (Drawing)
No IV Sailing through loose ice August 1836 (Drawing)
No X Sketch of the Terror from the Observatory (Drawing)
No VII About 8 A.M. Septr 20th the ice closed with a tremendous pressure... (Drawing)
No XVIII July 5th... a saw 34 feet long was worked right astern of the ship... (Drawing)
A sailing vessel, probably HMS Terror and a steam paddle vessel (Drawing)
March 15th About 1 PM the ice closed upon the ship... This sketch represents the Terror's situation at 10PM (Drawing)
No XIX July 11th... the ice gave way... and the ship settled down to within 2 feet of her proper draught of water... (Drawing)
No XX After the ship settled down... the ice saw was again set to work and the mass was cut through... (Drawing)
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No II. Parting company with the Rhadamanthus off the Orkneys June 1836 (Drawing)
HMS Terror and the paddle steamer Rhadamanthus at sea (Drawing)
Terror (1813); Erebus (1826) (Technical drawing)
Terror (1813) (Technical drawing)
Terror (1813) (Technical drawing)
Terror (1813); Erebus (1826) (Technical drawing)
Terror (1813); Erebus (1826) (Technical drawing)
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