A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A silver, fiddle-pattern table spoon owned by Captain F. R. M. Crozier (HMS 'Terror'). It was obtained from the Inuit at Pelly Bay on 17 May 1854 by the Rae Expedition. The spoon has Dublin hallmarks and is dated 1839-40. It has the maker's mark of Josiah Low (the initials 'IL'). The spoon has a crest of a griffin or phoenix engraved on the front of the handle and 'FRMC' on the back near the bowl. Presented to Greenwich Hospital by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 2 December 1854.

Captain Francis Rawden Moira Crozier was born at Banbridge, County Down on 17 September 1796 and entered the navy on 12 June 1810. He became an experienced polar explorer, taking part in Parry’s second, third, and last expeditions, initially as a midshipman. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant just before his departure on Parry’s final expedition- an attempt to reach the North Pole. Crozier accompanied Sir James Clark Ross on a rescue mission to find some whaling vessels trapped in ice in Davis Strait in 1835. Promoted to Commander on 10 January 1837, he served as second in command of Ross’s Antarctic Expedition. Now a Captain, he commanded the ‘Terror’ during Sir John Franklin’s last expedition and took over leadership of the expedition after Franklin’s death. He ordered that the ships be abandoned and their crews head for Back’s River. He perished with the rest of the expedition.