HMS Phoenix (1832) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Godhavn

A view from the high ground near the settlement of Godhavn looking across the harbour. HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, and the storeship HMS Diligence (1814) are anchored in the bay. The two ships with the storeship HMS Talbot, a converted Sixth Rate, arrived at Godhavn [referred to as Lievely in Phoenix's log] on 18 June 1854, on their way northward to supply the 'Franklin' search ships under Captain Sir Edward Belcher in the Canadian archipelago. The photograph shows Phoenix's funnel lowered and clothes hanging in the rigging of Diligence. Both ships are anchored bow and stern.

Object Details

ID: G4255
Collection: Historic Photographs
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Inglefield, Edward Augustus
Places: Greenland
Events: Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Inglefield, 1854
Date made: 18 June-5 July 1854; late June 1854 8-17 June 1854 9 - 17 June 1854
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 162 mm x 212 mm