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fortified for the antartic voyage, from which they had but 

 recently returned. Before sailing for the discovery of 

 the North-West Passage, screw propellers and very small 

 engines were adapted to them, being just sufficient to propel 

 them at the rate of three miles an hour in calm weather. 

 They were commissioned and fitted out at Woolwich Dock- 

 yard, and sailed from the Thames, 19th May, 1845 ; and 

 they were last seen 26th July, of that year, in Melville Bay. 



H.M.S. Erebus. 370 Tons. 20 H.-P. Screw. 



Captain . . Sir John Franklin, K.C.H. &c. 



Commander James Fitzjames Captain, Dec. 1845. 



Lieutenant . Graham Gore Corarar., Nov. 1846. 



,, H. T. D. Le Vesconte. 



,, James W. Fairholme. 



Ice Master . James Read. 

 Surgeon . . Stephen Samuel Stanley. 

 Purser . . Charles Hamilton Osmer. 

 Mate. . . . Robert Orme Sargent . . . . Lieut., May, 1846. 



„ . . . . Charles Frederick Des Vceux ,, Nov. 1846. 



,, . . . . Edward Couch ,, May, 1847. 



Asst.-Surg. (Acting, for Arctic Expedition only), Henry D. S. Goodsir. 

 2nd Master, Henry Foster Collins. 



H.M.S. Terror. 340 Tons. 20 H.-P. Screw. 



Captain . . Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier. 



Lieutenant. Edward Little Commr., Nov. 1846. 



,, G. H. Hodgson. 



,, John Irving. 



Ice Master . Thomas Blanky. 

 Surgeon (Acting), John Smart Peddie . . . . Surgeon, Dec. 1845. 



Mate. . . . Frederick J. Hornby Lieut., May, 1846. 



,, . . . . Robert Thomas ,, April, 1847. 



Assistant-Surgeon, Alexander M 'Donald. 

 2nd Master, Gillies Alexander Macbean. 

 Clerk in Charge, E. J. H. Helpman. 



Of the illustrious leader of the expedition, Sir John 

 Franklin, it is almost superfluous to speak, his career being 



