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Posted By: GUEST
15-Feb-22 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Cyril Tawney's 'Lady Franklin's Lament'
Subject: RE: Origins: Cyril Tawney's 'Lady Franklin's Lament'

The 1852 British expedition sent in search of Franklin consisted of five ships:
Assistance.Commander Sir Edward Belcher, C.-in-G, 424 tons, sixty-one men.¹
Resolute.Captain Henry Kellett, 424 tons, sixty-one men.
Pioneer.Captain Osborn. Attached to Assistance,steamer, 60 hp, thirty men.
Intrepid.Captain McClintock. Attached to Resolute,steamer, 60 hp, thirty men.
North Star.Captain Pullen. Transport, 600 tons, thirty men.²