HMS Terror

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HMS Terror was a British Royal Navy bomb vessel later converted for polar exploration, most famously lost with all hands during Sir John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 Arctic expedition to find the Northwest Passage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy ship
bomb vessel
polar exploration ship
armamentType mortar-armed bomb vessel
assignedToExpeditionLeader John Franklin
surface form: Sir John Franklin
builtAt Topsham
builtIn Devon
companionShip HMS Erebus
convertedTo polar exploration ship
country United Kingdom
crewComplement approximately 130 combined with HMS Erebus
culturalSignificance central to Franklin expedition mystery
expeditionObjective search for the Northwest Passage
exploredRegion Antarctic regions
Arctic Ocean
fate lost in the Arctic during Franklin expedition
hullReinforcement ice-strengthened hull
inspired numerous books about Franklin expedition
television adaptations about the Franklin voyage
lastSightingYear 1845
launched 1813
lostWith all hands
notableFor participation in Sir John Franklin’s 1845 Northwest Passage expedition
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn War of 1812
Battle of Baltimore
surface form: bombardment of Fort McHenry
propulsion auxiliary steam engine (after conversion)
sail
registeredAs archaeological site
serviceBranch Royal Navy
shipType bomb vessel
polar exploration vessel
tookPartIn George Back
surface form: George Back Arctic expedition

British Antarctic Expedition 1839–1843
surface form: James Clark Ross Antarctic expedition
usedFor bombardment
polar exploration
wreckCountry Canada
wreckDiscovered 2016
wreckDiscoveredBy Parks Canada
surface form: Parks Canada-led team
wreckFoundIn Terror Bay
wreckFoundNear King William Island
wreckLocation Nunavut
yearConverted 1830s
yearLost circa 1848

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Franklin expedition usedShip HMS Terror
John Franklin commanded HMS Terror
The Terror depicts HMS Terror
James Clark Ross shipCommanded HMS Terror
Terror Rise namedAfter HMS Terror
Mount Terror namedAfter HMS Terror
Mount Terror firstSightedFrom HMS Terror
HMS Erebus accompaniedBy HMS Terror
Beechey Island visitedBy HMS Terror