Cataloging intact shipwrecks from around the world.

Reason for sinking

Year sunk

What is the country of the ship, NOT necessarily where the shipwreck is today. This is also not necessarily the flag the ship was flying under.

Country

Body of water

How many people died as a result of the shipwreck?

Casualties

Coordinates

One of the two ships of "Franklin's lost expedition", a failed mission led by Sir John Franklin to find the Northwest Passage across North America to Asia. The two ships became icebound and were eventually abandoned after over a year, resulting in the deaths of all 129 crew members.

The HMS Terror wreck was finally found in the Arctic ocean off modern-day Nunavut in 2016, about 50km away from the wreck of the HMS Erebus.

One of the two ships of "Franklin's lost expedition", a failed mission led by Sir John Franklin to find the Northwest Passage across North America to Asia. The two ships became icebound and were eventually abandoned after over a year, resulting in the deaths of all 129 crew members. 

The HMS Terror wreck was finally found in the Arctic ocean off modern-day Nunavut in 2016, about 50km away from the wreck of the HMS Erebus.

HMS Terror

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