| Description |
A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Ninety-four brass percussion caps (Flanged type-79. Smith patent type-4. Small sporting type-11) and lead shot. They were found in an abandoned boat at Erebus Bay, King William Island, in May 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. Part of the equipment relating to the two loaded guns found in the boat.
McClintock's party reached this site on 30 May and discovered that Hobson had been there a few days before on 18 May. The boat was 28 foot long and mounted on a heavy sledge. McClintock found it just above high tide mark pointing back in the direction of the ships and containing a large quantity of abandoned personal possessions and two skeletons. |
