HMS Erebus was found on the ocean floor off King William Island in September 2014. l. e. v. a. r. t. Unsolved mystery of lost 'ghost ships' Excitement at discovery. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, sailing together to find the Northwest Passage, were both lost at sea 170 years ago. These epaulettes were found on the ship's lower deck and may have belonged to Third Lieutenant James Walter Fairholme of HMS Erebus. The wreck found by the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition was HMS Erebus, and if we were to ever only find one of the ships, Erebus would be the one.

But it is notable, Lockhart continues, that in the 19th century, “Inuit reported having observed signs of men on or about HMS Erebus prior to its sinking.” Revisiting Inuit Accounts

According to Smithsonian Magazine, Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team found over three hundred and fifty artifacts including wine bottles, personal items, and cooking and dining supplies. The shipwreck located by researchers last month was HMS Erebus… In 2014, the Erebus was found in almost the exact spot that Inuit testimony placed it, National Geographic reported. The detached ship's bell of HMS Erebus as found on the deck next to the windlass (a kind of winch positioned near the bow) last year. Parks Canada archeologists found Erebus standing in just 11 meters of ocean. Within the largely intact hull is his large cabin, the place where he lived, its built–in map drawers presumably filled with the charts he … (Photo courtesy of Parks Canada) A piece of sealing wax bearing a finger print was found in the captain's steward's pantry. A shipwreck recently found in north Canada is identified as HMS Erebus - lost in Sir John Franklin's famous Victorian-era Northwest Passage voyage. The Erebus offered up a multitude of artifacts and treasures from just part of the ship. The HMS Terror, one of two ships that left England with Franklin and 128 crew members in May 1845, was discovered in 2016, but hadn’t been systematically explored—until now. Two years later, an Inuit hunter from … Canadian study raises possibility logs and maps from expedition in which 130-strong crew vanished could be intact after 170 years in icy waters Sea ice had taken a large bite out her stern, and more than a century of storm-driven waves had scattered a trove of artifacts around the site. OTTAWA—Settle your bets — the Franklin wreck found in Arctic waters early last month was HMS Erebus. The wreck was discovered 92 km (57 mi) south of the location where the ship was reported abandoned, and some 50 km (31 mi) from the wreck of HMS Erebus, … The detached bell of HMS Erebus as found on the deck: The ship disappeared in the Arctic more than 160 years ago. It is Franklin’s ship. A shipwreck recently found in north Canada is identified as HMS Erebus - lost in Sir John Franklin's famous Victorian-era Northwest Passage voyage. Experts have now confirmed that the shipwreck uncovered last month was the HMS Erebus.