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	HMS Erebus (1826) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Erebus was a Hecla class bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke dockyard, Wales in 1826.
		In 1840, Erebus, captained by James Clark Ross, departed from Tasmania for Antarctica on November 21 in company with HMS Terror.
		Erebus and Terror were fitted with 20 horsepower (15 kW) engines and single-screw propellers in 1844.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Erebus_(1826) (402 words)

	The Ultimate Erebus - American History Information Guide and Reference
		In Greek mythology, Erebus, or Érebos was a primordial god, personification of darkness, offspring of Chaos alone.
		Erebus was often used as a synonym for Hades, the god.
		The HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror were the ships carrying Sir John Franklin's failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage.
	www.historymania.com /american_history/Erebus (128 words)

	HMS_Erebus_(I02) Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
		HMS Erebus (I02) was a World War I monitor launched on 1916-06-19.
		Erebus was equipped with two 15 inch /42 (381 mm) guns in a single turret in the front of the ship and eight 4 inch (102 mm) guns including two anti-aircraft guns.
		Erebus was used for coastal bombardment during the Normandy Landings on June 6, 1944.
	www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=HMS_Erebus_(I02) (114 words)

	HMS Erebus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Erebus was a rocket vessel built in 1807, converted to an 18-gun sloop in 1808, to a fire ship in 1809, and to a 24-gun sixth-rate in 1810.
		The third Erebus was an iron screw floating battery of 16 guns, launched in 1856 and sold in 1884.
		The fifth Erebus (I02), launched in 1916, was the first monitor of the Erebus class.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Erebus (268 words)

	HMS Erebus
		HMS Erebus was sold for scrapping in 1946.
		HMS Erebus was used for coastbombarment on D-Day (june 6th, 1944).
		On the 10th of August 1944, HMS Erebus was used against the defenders of the France harbor Le Havre.
	www.jeroenkoppes.com /ww2/ships/hms_erebus.asp (161 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMS Erebus (1826) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Erebus was a Hecla-class bomb vessel constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke Dockyard, Wales in 1826.
		In 1840, Erebus and Terror, departed from Tasmania for Antarctica on November 21.
		The ships' fate were revealed in a series of expeditions into the Arctic between 1848 and 1859 when it was discovered that both ships had become icebound.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Erebus-%281826%29 (360 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Erebus class monitor
		HMS Terror was built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Laid down 26 October 1915, launched 18 May 1916 and commissioned in August 1916.
		HMS Terror was lost in the Mediterranean on 23 February 1941, after being damaged by Luftwaffe Ju-87 "Stuka" dive bombers the previous day.
		HMS Erebus was damaged by a remote controlled explosive motor boat and HMS Terror was torpedoed by motor torpedo boats.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Erebus_class_monitor (293 words)

	Erebus
		Erebus was often used as a synonym for Hades, the Greek god of the underworld.
		Also, Erebus was the name of the gloomy space through which souls passed on their way to Hades.
		The Mount Erebus disaster was an aircraft accident that occurred in 1979.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Erebus.html (260 words)

	HMS EREBUS - Find Friends from HMS EREBUS at Forces Reunited
		Reginald Anthony was at HMS Erebus between 1943 and 1945
		Eric Broad was at HMS Erebus between 1940 and 1942
		John Cowling was at HMS Erebus between 1938 and 1958
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Erebus.html (158 words)

	British 15"/42 (38.1 cm) Mark I
		For this reason, sources which quote HMS Vanguard as having gun ranges in excess of 32,000 yards (29,260 m) are somewhat misleading, as such a range would have required the use of super charges, which she never carried.
		HMS Vanguard when completed post-war carried 95 APC, 5 HE and 9 practice shells per gun until she was converted to "Royal Yacht" duties in 1947, after which time she rarely carried any main gun ammunition at all.
		The monitor Erebus used one of the two 15" (38.1 cm) Mark I* turrets originally built for HMS Furious in case the 18"/40 (45.7 cm) Mark I guns were unsuccessful.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_15-42_mk1.htm (5892 words)

	Ship's from the Age of Sail database listing
		HMS Bee is one of the supply schooner, together with HMS Mosquito and HMS Wasp, that were stationed at the Penetanguishene Naval base from 1817 to 1831.
		HMS Discovery Ship Resolute was one of the vessels sent out in 1850 and 1852 to search for the missing arctic exploration ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror.
		She was captured and taken as a prize in October 1762 by the 60-gun HMS Panther and the 28-gun frigate Argo.
	www.ageofsail.net /aosshipa.asp (7758 words)

	Irish-Canadian Franklin Search Expedition, 2004
		HMS Fury was ground to a pulp by the ice over the rocks of the Somerset Island beach that bears its name.
		And one ship, either HMS Terror or Erebus, was probably crushed in the ice off Cape Frances Crozier, its remains scattered beneath a permanently advancing cover of ice.
		One set is labeled “Terror and Erebus” (which adds to the perception that the ships are indistinguishable), however, these 1839 plans are actually of Erebus, as several notes and sketched features indicate different arrangements on Terror.
	www.ric.edu /rpotter/woodman/2004_Field_Report_short.htm (3771 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		Both HMS Roberts and Abercrombie were ordered to the Pacific, Abercrombie reaching the Seychelles by the time of the Japanese surrender.
		Building a 1/700 scale model of HMS Abercrombie using the Combrig 1/700 resin kit appeared to be a nice quick little project, supported by the (at first sight!) helpful Profile Morskie (PM) monograph and detail drawings...
		HMS Abercrombie had steel decks throughout apart from the roof of the aft deckhouse!
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/hms/abercrombie/700-jb/abercrombie.html (1310 words)

	Down To Earth Art and Fine Framing
		On 19 May 1845, in an expedition led by Sir John Franklin, the HMS “Erebus” and HMS “Terror” departed England to explore the seas that were expected to lead to a direct navigable passage connecting East to West.
		To withstand the severity of the Arctic voyage, both vessels were fortified with additional planking and fastened with metal.
		The painting depicts the HMS “Erebus” and HMS “ Terror” in the summer of 1846.
	www.downtoearth.ca /jf-wright-sold-06.html (259 words)

	HMS Erebus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Both were named after the dark region of Hades in Greek Mythology called Erebus.
		The vessel was last seen along with HMS Terror in Baffin Bay in August 1845.
		The second Erebus was the first monitor of the Erebus-class built in 1916.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_erebus.html (102 words)

	Suchmaschine
		Between 1839 and 1843 he commanded the Antarctic expedition of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror which charted much of the coastline of the continent.
		By January 19, 1842, EREBUS and TERROR were in "an ocean of rolling fragments of ice, hard as floating rocks of granite, which were dashed against them by the waves with such violence that their masts quivered".
		The ships were able to separate but the EREBUS was completely disabled and drifting on to the berg "so close that the waves, when they struck against it, threw back their sprays into the ship".
	www.dmoz.ch /lexikon.cgi?sprache=en&q=James_Clark_Ross (2439 words)

	DiveNews.Com
		His death and the loss of both of the ships, the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus have been one of the interesting stories in history.
		The Terror and Erebus were never found but the tragic fate of the expedition members was confirmed when the frozen bodies of several members of the crew and a single page from a log book were found in a cairn at Victory Point.
		The log confirmed Franklin's death aboard the Erebus in 1847 and the abandonment of the two ships which were stranded in the ice near King William Island.
	www.divenews.com /print.php?sid=960 (551 words)

	The 15 inch Guns of HMS Vanguard
		Voyage of HMS Vanguard to South Africa for the Royal Tour - 1947 /
		The general belief is that HMS Vanguard's 8 main guns, their mounts and turrets came from HMS
		COURAGEOUS and HMS GLORIOUS, when these were converted to aircraft carriers.
	www.battleshiphmsvanguard.homestead.com /15inch.html (449 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Voyages of the Enterprise - Exploring Strange Worlds / Part 2
		Foreshadowing the eventual outcome of Franklin's attempt, another British Arctic explorer, Richard King, stated that the Erebus and Terror were being sent to "form the nucleus of an iceberg."25 In late July, the ships were sighted near Baffin Bay by British whalers, and were never seen by Europeans again.
		The Arctic voyage made by the late Captain (afterwards Admiral) Sir Richard Collinson in HMS Enterprise, from 1851 to 1854, was perhaps, everything considered, the most successful expedition made in Arctic research prior to the use of steam....
		I was struck by the horrifying truth -- lead had contributed to the declining health of the entire crews of the Erebus and the Terror.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/enterprise/voych05b.htm (2012 words)

	HMS EREBUS (1826) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In January 1841, the crew from both ships landed on Victoria Land, and proceeded to name areas of the landscape after British politicans, scientists, and acquaintances.
		Erebus and Terror were fitted with 20 horsepower engines and single-screw propellers in 1844.
		It is licensed under the GNU free documentation license.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/hm/HMS%20Erebus%20%281826%29.htm (239 words)

	ALISON: ANTARCTICA
		It is a roughly 12,000' active volcano, with a lava lake in the crater and often a plume of gas pouring out at the summit.
		It is named after HMS Erebus, one of the ships of an expedition to this region led by Sir John Ross in the mid-19th Century.
		One of the other ships was HMS Terror, and Mount Terror (an extinct volcano) can be seen at the right of the picture.
	www.gi.alaska.edu /alison/ANT_heloonice.html (201 words)

	Franklin, Sir John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Franklin, Sir John, naval officer, arctic explorer (b at Spilsby, Eng 16 Apr 1786; d 11 June 1847 aboard HMS Erebus, in Victoria Str, NWT).
		In 1845 Franklin was sent with 2 vessels, Erebus and Terror, to join these discoveries together and sail through the Northwest Passage.
		He never returned, and after a 12-year search by numerous vessels it was learned that on the brink of success his ships had been frozen in west of King William Island.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0003029 (517 words)

	Royal Navy Monitors
		We are not convinced that this HMS Terror is the monitor listed here (lots of wood around - including the deck), but cannot find reference of any other HMS Terror around this period.
		My great uncle served on HMS Raglan and was killed on the 20th January 1918 in the Aegean.
		The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /monitors.htm (1767 words)

	The Franklin Expedition
		1845, 129 men and officers aboard the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus under the command of Sir John Franklin set sail to explore the Northwest Passage.
		Unfortunately this is what happened to the men aboard the HMS Terror and the HMS Erebus.
		Stephan Goldner and Sir John Franklin comprised a contract of 8,000 tins of soups, meat and vegetables for the expedition.
	www.mysteriesofcanada.com /Nunavut/franklin_expedition.htm (1699 words)

	HMS EREBUS built by Harland & Wolff Ltd Govan Clydebuilt Ships Database
		Erebus arrived at Dover 5/9/1916 and was involved in the bombardment of Zeebruge and Ostend.
		In 1917 she was hit by a wire controlled explosive boat FL12 which damaged her bulge.
		Unfortunately we are unable to deal with requests to research ships, any information found in the database is all the information we have to date or are able to supply.
	www.clydesite.co.uk /clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=6190 (311 words)

	The Mariners' Museum \| EXPLORATION through the AGES
		The HMS Erebus was named for the region of Hades called Erebus in Greek mythology.
		The Erebus spent two years in the Mediterranean Sea and was adapted for Arctic exploration.
		Through the information discovered by those parties, it was found that both the Erebus and Terror became trapped in the ice and the crews abandoned them on April 22, 1848.
	www.mariner.org /exploration/?type=ship&id=24 (171 words)

	david bickley and tom green - erebus and terror cd and mp3s to download. worldwide mail order. 24 hour dispatch.
		HMS Terror was a bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in the Davy shipyard in Topsham, Devon.
		Terror was repaired and next assigned to a voyage to the Antarctic in company with HMS Erebus under the overall command of James Clark Ross.
		Erebus and Terror were both outfitted with 20hp steam engines, and iron plating added to the hulls, for their next voyage to the Arctic, with Sir John Franklin in overall command of the expedition in Erebus, and Terror again under the command of Crozier.
	www.shopsonic.com /product_details.php?id=590 (843 words)

	content.org.uk :: Distance Learning :: Distance Learning,
		The Erebus' voyage was led by renowned polar explorer James Clark Ross, the expedition consisted of two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror and was the last major voyage of exploration made entirely under sail.
		Hooker was the youngest of the 128 man crew, he sailed on the Erebus and was assistant to Robert McCormick who in addition to being ships surgeon was to collect zoological and geological specimens.
		While on the Erebus, Hooker had read proofs of Charles Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle provided by Charles Lyell and had been very impressed by Darwin's skill as a naturalist.
	www.content.org.uk /en/Royal_Society/80.html?title=Joseph_Dalton_Hooker (1988 words)

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