Situation of H.M. Ship Fury August 25th 1825

Tinted engraving depicting the Fury and Hecla. An illustration in Parry's account of his third voyage "for the discovery of a N/W passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific performed in the years 1824-1825 in His Majesty's ships Hecla and Fury under the orders of Captain William Parry RN, FRS, and commander of the expedition". Hoppner was captain of the Fury on August 25th 1825, when she had been very badly damaged by ice. The officers' tent ashore "for the messing and sleeping in" is shown. Soon after everything movable was taken from the Fury and she was abandoned. The whole expedition then returned to Britain.

Object Details

ID: PAD6105
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Finden, Edward Francis; Captain Hoppner Murray, John
Places: Unlinked place
Events: Arctic Exploration: Parry's third voyage, 1824-1825
Vessels: Fury (1814); Hecla (1815)
Date made: Jun 1826
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Mount: 228 mm x 277 mm