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15 kwi 2017 · In 1848, the Franklin expedition’s two ships, H.M.S. Erebus and H.M.S. Terror, disappeared with all their crew while searching for the Northwest Passage. Their fate is one of the enduring...
1815-1830. During the 18th century, ships carrying cargo, passengers and mail between Europe and America would sail only when they were full. However, in the early 19th century, as trade with America became more common, schedule regularity became a valuable service.
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sections of the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic and to record magnetic data to help determine whether ...
A garbled radio message, a battered, drifting lifeboat discovered by a passing steamer off Mexico’s coast, and a single life vest with the lost tug’s name found cast up on a California beach were the only clues.
After diplomatic efforts failed, the Navy was instrumental in the opening phases of the 1991 Gulf War with Iraq; the ships of the navy launched hundreds of Tomahawk II cruise missiles and naval aircraft flew sorties from six carriers in the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.
Finding their way into the holds of ships as stowaways in cargo, or through deliberately climbing mooring ropes and gangways, rats on vessels found themselves in a paradise, replete with food and hiding places.
In spite of being closed in the winter, Chicago was America s busiest port. In 1871, more ships arrived here than New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston, and Mobile combined. The river harbor thrived when the inland seas were dominated by large numbers of small ships.
