http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/hms-terror-found-1.3758400

A video shared with CBC News and produced by the Arctic Research Foundation appears to show images of the submerged HMS Terror — one of British explorer Sir John Franklin’s two ships lost in the doomed 1845 Franklin Expedition — in a Nunavut bay.

On Monday morning, British newspaper the Guardian reported that the ship, which was abandoned in sea ice in 1848 during a failed attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage, was found “in pristine condition” in Nunavut’s Terror Bay, north of where the wreck of HMS Erebus — the expedition’s flagship — was found in 2014.

The crew of the Arctic Research Foundation’s Martin Bergmann research vessel found the shipwreck, with all three masts standing and almost all hatches closed, on Sept. 3.

“Resting proud on 24 metres of water, we found HMS Terror — 203 years old, it is perfectly preserved in the frigid waters of the Northwest Passage,” Arctic Research Foundation spokesman Adrian Schimnowski says in the video.

Yes, sarahs mum said it was a worth a thread and she was right but I was distracted.

transition said:

That’s Terror trapped in the ice on an earlier Arctic voyage, 1836-7.

So what is next. Raise the wreck, send down remote subs to film it ??

>That’s Terror trapped in the ice on an earlier Arctic voyage, 1836-7.

yes, good drawing of the sort of boat

party_pants said:

So what is next. Raise the wreck, send down remote subs to film it ??

Doubt if they have the funds to raise it. They’ve already sent remote subs down there, there’ll be more of that and probably some salvaging of bits and pieces.

Bubblecar said:

party_pants said:

So what is next. Raise the wreck, send down remote subs to film it ??

Doubt if they have the funds to raise it. They’ve already sent remote subs down there, there’ll be more of that and probably some salvaging of bits and pieces.

I guess there is no need to raise it and preserve it for posterity. Probably not that important as a ship to bother.

Bubblecar,

At 24m depth, it is a very basic dive even with the challenge of cold temperature. I’d imagine they could make pretty light work of salvage using rebreather apparatus.

An amazing find. I’d love the change to dive it.

stan101 said:

Bubblecar,

At 24m depth, it is a very basic dive even with the challenge of cold temperature. I’d imagine they could make pretty light work of salvage using rebreather apparatus.

An amazing find. I’d love the change to dive it.

How come nobody is interested in the Limerick?
I have friends about to dive again to go inside and film after losing one of the team the last time they dived.