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[jm-photos]

Varadero.

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11.28.22 Varadero, Cuba

[chourzahi]

Bruges ville en Belgique

[viejascostumbres]

Un día de navegación 

[michael-rosskothen]

Viking ships at sunset

[dyoll01]

Bangka

[lake-lady]

Various pics from living aboard a research vessel on the Great Lakes for the past month ish ⚓️🌊🗺🚢

[ltwilliammowett]

A fleet of East Indiamen at sea, by Nicholas Pocock 1803

[the-golden-vanity]

This might be an absurd question to ask, but what type of ships were the Erebus and the Terror? I've recently had an interest in Polar Expeditions (particularly the ships themselves). I would look it up myself but I have a phobia of dead/decaying bodies and mummified people, and I am almost certain looking up "Franklin Expedition" would show images of the dead.

Thank you.

Hey there, friend! That's not an absurd question at all, and if you're at all uncomfortable with images of dead people, not searching "Franklin Expedition" online is probably a very wise decision.

HMS Terror and HMS Erebus were both bomb vessels, which in the 19th century Royal Navy meant full-rigged ships (three masts, square-rigged sail plan) made with extremely strong hulls to withstand the recoil of their weaponry—mortars that fired explosive shells, rather than cannons that fired more traditional shot. This type of weaponry was usually used for the bombardment of land-based targets, as in the famous bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, in which Terror participated.

A View Of The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, © Public Domain.

The reinforced hulls that were made to withstand mortar recoil were also able to withstand (at least, to a certain degree) the immense pressure that would come with being icebound, so during the late 18th and early 19th century, bomb vessels were the preferred ships for polar exploration.

Erebus In The Ice, © François-Etienne Musin

Later polar expeditions tended to use whaling ships, like the Nimrod and the Terra Nova, or purpose-built polar exploration vessels, like the Endurance and the Fram. I hope this helps!

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Tug East Coast with Dann Marine docking their sugar barge in West Palm Beach

[touchdownbane]

Monmouth University Research Vessel R/V Heidi Lynn Sculthorpe in port

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-Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them

[chourzahi]

Balade dans les canaux de Bruges en Belgique

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Vietnam War 1965 - Aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CVA-43) by manhhai Via Flickr: Takeoff deck of U.S. carrier Coral Sea was partly shrouded in steam after takeoff of a skyhawk plane for raid on North Vietnam radar station Cap Mui Ron on March 31, 1965. (AP Photo)

[uamariner]

#88 Colreg card. Ship's navigation lights and action to avoid collision