His Majesty's Discovery Ships Fury and Hecla

Hand coloured lithograph depicting the Fury and Hecla, which took part in 1824 and 1825 in Parry's attempt to discover a N/W passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Inscribed: "His Majesty's Discovery Ships Fury [and] Hecla". The Fury is on the left, Hecla on the right.

Object Details

ID: PAH9224
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Parsey, Arthur
Vessels: Fury (1814); Hecla (1815)
Date made: Dec 1823
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 427 x 490 mm; Mount: 607 mm x 835 mm