Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
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William Gibson
Commemorated ati
John Franklin statue
{On the front of the plinth:} To the great arctic navigator and his brave co...
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Captain William Bligh
Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...
Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia
James Thompson
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Born Kilkee, county Clare, Ireland. He led several Antarctic expeditions and located the South magnetic pole during his voyage of 1907-1909. Died of a heart attach on a voyage to the South Atlantic...
Sir Martin Frobisher
Privateer, explorer, and naval commander. Â Born Normanton, Yorkshire, birth date approximate. Â Aged 15 sent to London to learn a trade at his uncle's, who was a merchant adventurer. Â Frobisher expl...
Thomas Work
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
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