Exploration

Many of the items listed in this guide are now available to view in the Franklin relics section of Collections Online.

This guide lists the relics and personal possessions found from Sir John Franklin's last voyage, which form part of the Hopton Hall Collection, held by the National Maritime Museum on loan from the Gell Muniment Trustees.

Items are listed in chronological order of discovery, showing the place and expedition which recovered them (where known).

As well as the relics, the Museum holds charts and maps from the Hopton Hall Collection relating to Franklin's voyages (see research guides Q1 and Q2).

Introduction

Sir John Franklin's final expedition in search of a North West Passage set off in 1845 in two ships the Erebus and Terror. The two vessels were sighted by whaling vessels at the end of July, after which they were never seen again.

From 1847 over 40 search expeditions were sent out. Traces of Franklin's first winter camp were found on Beechey Island. But only when Dr John Rae discovered some of the expedition's more portable possessions in the hands of Inuit, at Repulse and Pelly Bays, did the search turn successfully to the southern part of the Arctic archipelago. The Inuit said the missing expedition had died of starvation having reached the shores of King William Island.

Francis Leopold McClintock, in the steam yacht Fox, confirmed the Inuit story, finding a trail of bodies and discarded possessions down the west coast of the island. Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, US army, retraced the steps of McClintock's party during the summer of 1879 and found new traces of Franklin's men on the mainland, where the last survivors had perished. Schwatka named the site 'Starvation Cove'.

1850–55

Beechey Head

• AAA2036 Meat sample from Beechey Island tin (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2267 Ball of wool
• AAA2269 Part of a woollen stocking
• AAA2027 Glazed and painted china ashtray (ex RUSI 362.2)

William Penny search expedition, 1850–51
Brigs Lady Franklin and Sophia

• AAA2026 Wooden direction post. (ex RUSI 1569)
• AAA2037 Fragment of sailcloth (ex RN Museum)

Ommanney Search Expedition, 1850/51
HMS Assistance and Resolute

• AAA2031 Wine bottle. (ex RUSI 394)
• AAA2028 Mounted clay pipe, found 23 August 1850 at Cape Riley (ex RUSI 362.1)
• AAAA2035 Two cotton gloves, found by Lt Sherard Osborn (ex RN Museum)

Inglefield search expedition 1852

• AAA2029 Limestone hone (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2030 Goldner meat tin
• AAA2032 Metal canteen (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2033 Meat tin (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2034 Goldner tin (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2038 Goldner soup tin (ex RN Museum)
• AAA2039 Metal canteen (ex RN Museum)

Collinson search expedition 1850–55
Cambridge Bay, Victoria Island, October 1852

• AAA2085 Adze head (ex RUSI 395)

Rae search expedition, 1853–54
Obtained from the Inuit at Pelly Bay, 24 April 1854?
(Greenwich Hospital Collection)

• AAA2082 Gold lace cap band. Caribou skin added by the Inuit

Repulse Bay, 26 May–4 August 1854

• AAA2041 Fragment of shirt with initials of Charles Frederick de Voeux
• AAA2042 Three brass buttons (Commissioned Naval Officers Military & Civil Branch 1843–91) Maker: P & S Firmin, London
• AAA2043 Fragment of gold watch chain
• AAA2044 Fragment of a gold watch
• AAA2045 Seaman's certificate case, owner: William Fowler (HMS Erebus)
• AAA2046 Seaman's certificate case, owner: William Mark (HMS Erebus)
• AAA2047 Bone handled knife inscribed with initials of Cornelius Hickey (HMS Terror). Maker: Millikin, London
• AAA2048 Horn Handled penknife
• AAA2050 Cook's knife, with wooden handle. Maker: Young
• AAA2051 Ulu (blade only). Maker: R Timmings & Sons
• AAA2052 Silver pocket chronometer (works missing). Made in London 1809–10
• AAA2053 Four plain brass buttons
• AAA2054 Ebony box
• AAA2055 Two pages of The Students Manual
• AAA2056 Brass pocket compass
• AAA2057 Round brass lid
• AAA2058 Brass cogged watch wheel
• AAA2059 Part of draw tube of telescope
• AAA2060 Silver pencil case
• AAA2061 Knife blade with part of horn handle. Maker: Wigfall & Co
• AAA2062 Table knife converted to a snow knife by the Inuit (ex RUSI 393). Maker: Wigfall & Co (blade)
• AAA2063 Shell gimlet (ex RUSI 389)
• AAA2064 Bradawl (ex RUSI 392)
• AAA2065 Brass match box (ex RUSI 390)
• AAA2066 Brass object glass cover (ex RUSI 391)
• AAA2067 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker: W J of Chester
• AAA2068 Fragment of a silver watch case
• AAA2069 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker: Thomas & Joseph Guest? c.1808–09
• AAA2070 Fragment of a silver watch case
• AAA2071 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker: R Peppin, London
• AAA2072 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker: Jos Hardy, London 1824–05
• AAA2073 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker S B
• AAA2074 Fragment of a silver watch case. Made in London 1844–05
• AAA2075 Gold plate from the interior of a watch
• AAA2076 Fragment of a gold watch case, engine turned surface. Maker: W R 1843–04
• AAA2077 Fragment of a gold watch case: Owner: James Reid (Icemaster HMS Erebus)
• AAA2078 Fragment of a silver pencil case
• AAA2079 Badge of a Knight Commander of the Royal Hanovarian Guelphic Order. Gold and enamel. Presented to Sir John Franklin 23 Jan 1836.
• AAA2080 Fragment of a gold watch case. Maker: S C, Sheffield
• AAA2081 Silver disc inscribed 'Sir John Franklin KCB'

Pelly/Repulse Bays

• AAA2180 Silver table fork. Owner: Thomas Henry Dundas Le Vesconte. Maker: M West, Dublin 1834–35
• AAA2049 Silver table fork. Owner: Lt Robert Orme Sargent. Maker: Thomas Northcote, London 1792
• AAA2293, AAA2379 Two silver table forks. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45 and
• AAA2379 inscribed 'WR' (William Rhodes, HMS Terror)
• AAA2380 Silver dessert fork. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45
• AAA2387 Silver table spoon. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45
• AAA2388 Silver tea spoon. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45
• AAA2381 Silver table fork. Owner: H D S Goodsir (Assistant surgeon, HMS Erebus) Maker: William Marshall, Edinburgh
• AAA2382 Silver table fork. Owner Alexander MacDonald (Asssistant surgeon, HMS Terror). Maker: 'BD' (Benjamin Davis or Benjamin Dexter) London 1831–32
• AAA2383 Silver table fork. Owner: Gillies Alexander Macbean (2nd Master, HMS Terror) Maker: William Trayes, London 1837-8
• AAA2384 Silver table fork. Owner: Lt John Irving (HMS Terror). Maker: George Ferris, Exeter 1824
• AAA2385 Silver table spoon. Owner: Capt F R M Crozier (HMS Terror). Maker: Josiah Low, Dublin 1839–40
• AAA2386 Silver table spoon. Owner: Lt James Walter Fairholme (HMS Erebus). Maker: William Eaton? London 1842 (inscribed 'CH')
• AAA2389 Silver dessert spoon. Owner: John Smart Peddie (Surgeon, HMS Terror). Maker: Robert Walliss, London 1844–45
• AAA2390 Silver dessert spoon. Owner: Lt Graham Gore (HMS Erebus). Maker: John Harris IV, London 1824–25
• AAA2391 Silver table fork. Maker: George Ferris, Exeter 1818
• AAA2472 Silver table spoon AFJSP@ on back of handle
• AAA2473 Silver table spoon. Maker: Thomas Barker, London 1805
• AAA3273–5 Three silver table forks. Owner: Lt Thomas Henry Dundas Le Vesconte. Maker: M West, Dublin 1834
• AAA3276 Silver table fork. Owner: Lt James Walter Fairholme. Made in Edinburgh 1812–13

Anderson search expedition
Montreal Island, 31 July 1855

• AAA2083 Boat sheet hook (ex RUSI 397)
• AAA2084 Part of a telescope. Brass ring from object glass (ex RUSI 398)
• AAA2086 Piece of rope (according to RN Museum 1913 Catalogue see NMM 20/3 found by McClintock)

1856–59

McClintock search expedition 1857–59
(Ex Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich)
Bought from the Boothian Inuit at the Magnetic Pole, March–April 1859

• AAA2090 Two plain brass buttons
• AAA2091 Brass RN button. Maker: Firmin & Sons (Commissioned Officers, Military and Civil Branch 1843–91)
• AAA2092 Brass RN button (see above). Maker: Thomas H Hasle?
• AAA2093 Brass RN button (see above). Maker: Turner & Sons
• AAA2094 Fragment of embossed brass plate
• AAA2095 File blade
• AAA2096 File blade,bone handle is Inuit replacement
• AAA2097–2100 Four snow knives. Made by Inuit from salvaged material
• AAA2101 Knife. Made by Inuit from salvaged material. Maker of blade: Millikin, London
• AAA2102 Knife. Made by Inuit from salvaged material
• AAA2103 Knife. Made by Inuit from salvaged material. British maker: Turner, Yeominster
• AAA2104 Knife. Made by Inuit from salvaged material
• AAA2105–7 Three bows. Made by Inuit from salvaged wood
• AAA2108-10 Three arrows, with copper heads. Made by Inuit from salvaged material
• AAA2474 Silver dessert spoon. Owner: Lt Thomas Henry Dundas Le Vesconte (HMS Erebus 1826) Maker: John James Whiting, London 1837
• AAA2475 Silver table fork. Owner Alexander MacDonald (Asssistant surgeon, HMS Terror). Maker: 'BD' (Benjamin Davis or Benjamin Dexter) London 1831-2
• AAA2476 Silver table spoon. Owner: Lt Edward Couch (HMS Erebus). Maker: Isaac Parkin, Exeter 1831
• AAA2477 Silver table fork. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45
• AAA2478 Silver table spoon. Owner: Alexander Macdonald (Assistant Surgeon, HMS Terror). Maker: William Chawner II? London 1819

Deserted snow huts, King William Island, March–April 1859

• AAA2112 Piece of wood with deposits of tar

Bought from Inuit, Cape Norton, King William Island, 7 May 1859

• AAA2111 Bone handle of a knife with a broken steel razor inserted
• AAA2479 Silver table spoon. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams? London 1844–45
• AAA2480 Silver table fork. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams London 1844–45
• AAA2481 Silver tea spoon. Owner: Lt James Walter Fairholme. Maker: John & Henry Lias, London 1842
• AAA2482 Silver tea spoon. Owner: Alexander Macdonald (Assist. Surgeon HMS Terror) Maker: Randall Chatterton, London 1844–45

Montreal Island, 16 May 1859

• AAA2087 Three pieces of iron
• AAA2088 Six pieces of copper
• AAA2089 Part of a meat tin

Cape Herschel, 25 May 1859
(found with skeleton presumed to be that of Harry Peglar, HMS Terror)

• AAA2113 Clothes brush
• AAA2114 Leather wallet containing newspaper cuttings and notes
• AAA2115 Pocket comb
• AAA2116 Knotted neckerchief
• AAA2117 Fragments of waistcoat (now reduced to powder)
• AAA2118 Two silk covered buttons
• AAA2119 Fragment of cotton shirt

Northern Cairn camp site, King William Island, 25 May 1859
(Found by Lt W R Hobson at an abandoned camp site)

• AAA2120 Cork bung of a water keg
• AAA2121 Shako Plate, (Royal Marine's cap badge)
• AAA2122 Screw plug for powder keg
• AAA2123 Three wire cartridges
• AAA2124 Eleven musket balls
• AAA2125 Part of a pair of steel rimmed spectacles made into snow goggles
• AAA2126 Part of a wool glove
• AAA2127 Portable stove
• AAA2128 Fragments of a wool naval ensign
• AAA2129-30 Two pike heads
• AAA2131 Tea canister
• AAA2132-5 Four packets of needles. Maker: F Barnes & Co. London
• AAA2133-8 Pork bones
• AAA2139 Plain brass button
• AAA2140 Lid of a powder case
• AAA2141 Two sextant eyepieces
• AAA2142 Six brimstone matches
• AAA2256 Iron fitting
• AAA2263-5 Three fragments of a china tea cup
• AAA2357 Iron plug with broad arrow

Rebus Bay, King William Island, May 1859
(Found in an abandoned boat)

• AAA2143 Three metal stanchions
• AAA2144 Fragment of canvas weather cloth
• AAA2145 Shot charger
• AAA2146 Roll of waxed twine
• AAA2147–8 Two elm tingles for repairing the boat
• AAA2149 Wooden button
• AAA2150 Port-fire (device for firing a rocket)
• AAA2151 Shot contained in three fingers of a kid glove
• AAA2152 Fragment of a New Testament
• AAA2153 Cover of book of Common Prayer
• AAA2154 Book The Vicar of Wakefield
• AAA2155 Government paper
• AAA2156 Fragment of a grass cigar case
• AAA2157 Silk neckerchief printed with seaweed pattern
• AAA2158 Silk neckerchief printed with anthemion pattern
• AAA2159 Cotton neckerchief printed with spots and diamond pattern
• AAA2160 Cotton neckerchief printed with spots and diamond pattern
• AAA2161 Sewing kit (housewife)
• AAA2162 Four fragments of scented soap
• AAA2163–4 Two pairs of snow goggles
• AAA2165 Fishing line wound on leather holder
• AAA2166 Sailmaker's palm
• AAA2167 Knife sheath
• AAA2168 Pocket water flask
• AAA2169–70 Two shot flasks
• AAA2171 Sword belt spring hook
• AAA2172 Sword belt spring
• AAA2173 Gold lace sewn into circular band
• AAA2174 Gold cord
• AAA2175 Two packets of ammunition cartridges
• AAA2176 Cherry wood pipe stem
• AAA2177 Clasp knife
• AAA2178 Spectacle lenses
• AAA2179 Tweezers for collecting natural history specimens
• AAA2181 Beaded purse
• AAA2182 Sealing wax
• AAA2183 Cork stopper of drinking flask
• AAA2184 Brass vesta case (match box)
• AAA2185 Telescope eyepiece
• AAA2186 Tin
• AAA2187 94 brass percussion caps. Flanged type-79, Smith patent type-4, small sporting type-11
• AAA2188 Fragment of a pocket watch. Maker: J Cox Savory, London
• AAA2189 Fragment of a pocket watch, made in London
• AAA2190 Fragment of a silver watch case. Maker: Joseph Taylor, London
• AAA2191 Fragment of a silver watch case. Made in London c.1842–43
• AAA2192 Fragment of a silver watch case.
• AAA2193 Book Christian Melodies. Owner: Lt Graham Gore, HMS Erebus
• AAA2194 Wooden paddle
• AAA2195 Spectacles with tinted lenses in a case
• AAA2196 Pemmican tin
• AAA2197 Glass seal with masonic device
• AAA2198 Sheet block and hook
• AAA2199 Book A Manual of Private Devotions by Charles James Blomfield, published by B Fellows
• AAA2200 Oak chock
• AAA2201 Table knife
• AAA2202 Pocket chronometer issued to HMS Erebus. Maker: J R Arnold, London
• AAA2203 Pocket chronometer issued to HMS Terror. Maker: Parkinson & Frodsham
• AAA2204 Pencil case
• AAA2205 Stoppered bottle containing a white powder
• AAA2206 Stoppered bottle containing a brownish residue
• AAA2207 Table knife with initials WR (William Reed, HMS Erebus or William Rhodes, HMS Terror)
• AAA2208 Brass pocket compass
• AAA2209 Leather boot lace
• AAA2210 A bible
• AAA2211 The New Testament in French
• AAA2212 Prayer book
• AAA2213-4 Two copper nails
• AAA2215 Rivet and washer
• AAA2216 Sewing scissors
• AAA2217 Cobbler's awl
• AAA2218-9 Two shell gimlets
• AAA2220 Bristles (possibly used for mending boots)
• AAA2483–5 Three silver tea spoons. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams, London 1844–45
• AAA2486–7 Two dessert spoons. Owner: Sir John Franklin. Maker: George Adams London 1844–45 (AAA2486 scratched with initials I W, AAA2487 scratched with initials TT - Thomas Terry or T Tadman)
• AAA2488 Silver table spoon. Owner: Thomas Henry Dundas Le Vesconte. Maker: John & Henry Lias, London 1844
• AAA2489 Silver tea spoon. Owner: Capt F R M Crozier. Maker: Josiah Low, Dublin 1838–39
• AAA2490 Silver dessert fork. Owner: Lt E Couch (HMS Erebus). Maker ARE@ London 1826–27
• AAA2491 Silver dessert spoon. Owner: Lt E Couch (HMS Erebus) Maker JH London 1815?
• AAA2492 Silver fork. Maker: William Esterbrook?, London 1844
• AAA2493–4 Two silver tea spoons. Maker: William Esterbrook?, London 1844
• AAA2495 Silver table spoon. Owner: Frederick J Hornby (HMS Terror). Maker IL Exeter 1833
• AAA2496 Silver dessert fork. Owner: Lt Robert Thomas (HMS Terror). Maker: Charles Shipway, London 1844
• AAA2497 Silver dessert fork. Owner: Lt Graham Gore (HMS Erebus). Maker JR Exeter 1831–32
• AAA2498 Silver table spoon. Owner: H D S Goodsir (Assist Surgeon, HMS Erebus). Made in Edinburgh 1814–15
• AAA2499 Silver dessert spoon. Owner: Lt George Henry Hodgson (HMS Terror). Maker: Charles Davy, London 1817–18
• AAA2500 Silver table spoon. Owner Lt George Henry Hodgson (HMS Terror). Makers: William Eley and William Fearn, London 1807
• AAA2501 Silver table spoon. Owner: Lt Robert Orme Sargent (HMS Erebus). Makers: Matthew Boulton and John Fothergill, Birmingham, 1773
• AAA2502 Silver table fork. Owner: Lt Robert Orme Sargent (HMS Erebus). Makers: Thomas Northcote, London 1792
• AAA2503 Silver table spoon. Owner: Stephen Samuel Stanley (Surgeon HMS Erebus). Maker: William Eaton? London 1837
• AAA2504 Silver table fork. Owner: John Smart Peddie (Surgeon HMS Terror). Maker: Robert Walliss, London 1844
• AAA2505 Silver table spoon. Owner: Lt John Irving (HMS Terror). Maker: Hester Bateman, London 1788
• AAA2506 Silver tea spoon. Owner: Alexander MacDonald (Assist. Surgeon, HMS Terror). Maker: Randall Chatterton, London 1844

Ross Cairn, Point Victory, King William Island, 2 June 1859

• AAA2221 and AAA2231 Two copper spindles
• AAA2222 Flint and steel (found by William Jones, the dog driver of Hobson's party)
• AAA2223 Dip circle. Maker; Robinson, London (AAA2376 the case for the instrument)
• AAA2224 Medicine chest (see 'A Historic Medicine Chest' A J Cyriax, Canadian Medical Journal 57, p.295–300
• AAA2225 Carpenter's rule
• AAA2226 Gun cleaning rod
• AAA2227 Two pieces of a telescope draw tube
• AAA2228 Two pieces of a curtain rod
• AAA2229 A record tin
• MSR/C/9 Record noting abandonment of the ships, death of Franklin and indicating that the survivors heading south for Back's Great Fish River.
• AAA2230 Double sextant. Maker: E & E Emanuel. Engraved with name 'Frederick Hornby RN' (stolen)

1860–79

Hall Search Expedition 1864–69
(Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich)
Obtained from the Inuit near Point Booth, 1869

• AAA2232 Copper strip marked with broad arrow (possibly from Ross expedition 1829–33)

Obtained from the Inuit at Shepherds Bay, 17 May 1869

• AAA2233 Mahogany chronometer box

Obtained from the Inuit at Pelly Bay, 12 July 1869

• AAA2234 Table knife (handle marked DN)
• AAA2235 Tin match box. Maker: J Hynam, London
• AAA2236 Sledge runner made from file
• AAA2237 Knife blade made from a saw
• AAA2333 Brass and wood box lid

Schwatka Search Expedition 1878–79
(Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich)
Irving Bay, King William Island
(In grave of Lt John Irving)

• AAA2238 Four fragments of a wool overcoat
• AAA2239 Two brass Royal Naval buttons
• AAA2240 Fragments of velvet
• AAA2241 Fragment of canvas
• AAA2242–3 Two fragments of navy sail canvas

Northern Cairn, Cape Felix, 3 July 1879

• AAA2244 Fragment of a seaman's bag
• AAA2245 Fragment of sail canvas
• AAA2266 Fragment of glazed and painted earthenware
• AAA2262 Thirteen fragments of clay pipes
• AAA2268 Top of a tin of Edward's Preserved Potato
• AAA2270 Fragment of a glass bottle. Maker: Powell & Co, Bristol
• AAA2351–3 Three pairs of scissors

Ross Cairn, Point Victory, King William Island, 11 July 1879

• AAA2246 Brass surgeon's tourniquet (Petit type). Maker: Millikin, London
• AAA2247 Oak block
• AAA2248 Four wooden buttons
• AAA2249 Five buckles
• AAA2250 Four wooden buttons
• AAA2251 Two horn buttons
• AAA2252 Two shell buttons
• AAA2253 Button (linen covered iron ring)
• AAA2254 Brass button
• AAA2255 Fragment of a wooden box
• AAA2257 Part of a shovel
• AAA2259 Five bone buttons
• AAA2260 Clothes brush. Owner: Henry Wilkes (Royal Marines)
• AAA2261 Sledge harness marked AT11" (HMS Terror)
• AAA2330 Telescope draw tube

Cape Maria Louisa
(Inuit Cache)

• AAA2040 Three cut down soup tins used as beakers, one may be a billy can
• AAA2258 Hip flask
• AAA2271 Wood and metal canteen
• AAA2272 Oak staves from a canteen
• AAA2273 Axe head with sawn off shaft
• AAA2274–5 Two Goldner food cans
• AAA2276 Goldner soup can
• AAA2277 Tin flask
• AAA2278 Oak staves of a vinegar keg. Maker: J Bagnall & Sons
• AAA2279 Copper plate

Erebus Bay, King William Island
(Found in an abandoned boat)

• AAA2280 Sheet lead
• AAA2281 Rope
• AAA2282 Keel of boat, with piece of keel-stem and keelson attached. Marked "XXIV (24 foot) W (Woolwich) CON (contract)N61 Apr 184.."
• AAA2283 Two sledge runners (sledge under the boat)
• AAA2284-5 Two bone combs
• AAA2286 Canvas bag of shot
• AAA2294 Two wire cartridges
• AAA2295 Lead musket ball
• AAA2349–50 Two wooden toggles
• AAA2374 Rope grommet
• AAA2597–8 Shot wrapped in paper
• AAA2319–21 Three boat's thimbles

Washington Bay, King William Island

• AAA2306 Two fragments of the blade of an oar

Adelaide Peninsular

• AAA2302–4 Three fish hooks made from expedition copper found in possession of Inuit (RUSI 401)

Starvation Cove, Adelaide Peninsular

• AAA2296 Leather sea boot
• AAA2297 Foot part of boot
• AAA2300 Part of a mast hoop
• AAA2301 Yard hoop, marked with broad arrow
• AAA2305 Heel of shoe
• AAA2307 Medal, launch of SS Great Britain 1843
• AAA2308 Part of sea boot

Hayes River, May 1879
(Found in possession of Inuit)

• AAA2298 Seal spear? Made of salvaged copper
• AAA2331 Telescope eye piece cap
• AAA2332 Telescope, object glass cap

Sherman Inlet, Adelaide Peninsular
(Found in possession of Inuit)

• AAA2299 Part of a block

Burwash search expedition 1926
(Ex Royal Naval Museum, Greenwich)

• AAA2309 Saw made from cask hoop
• AAA2310 Four fragments of fabric
• AAA2311 Part of a lantern?
• AAA2312 Fragment of wood
• AAA2313 Stone knife with wooden handle
• AAA2314–5 Two wooden bowls
• AAA2316 Leather fragment
• AAA2317 Leather fragment

Unprovenanced
(ex Royal Naval Museum)

• AAA2318 Timber fragment
• AAA2328 Dried meat
• AAA2334 Part of belaying pin
• AAA2335 Part of pocket compass. Maker: Robinson, London
• AAA2336–8 Three dowels
• AAA2346 Axe handle
• AAA2354 Tin cylindar of shot
• AAA2375 Gun tampion
• AAA3948–9 Parts of snow goggles (RUSI 405)
• AAA3953–4 Two hammers made from the bones of polar bears? (unknown origin)
• AAA2322 Horn whip handle, William Forder
• AAA2323 Iron chest handle
• AAA2324 Goldner soup can
• AAA2325 Shackle eyebolt?
• AAA2326 Ivory bottle top?
• AAA2327 RN brass button. Maker: Boggett & Reynolds, London
• AAA2329 Fragment of a block sheave
• AAA2339–43 Five bolts? With notches in the sides
• AAA2344 Record tin?
• AAA2345 Cap of record tin?
• AAA2348 Pen knife
• AAA2355 Two bone buttons

Unidentified objects
AAA2356, AAA2358–2373, AAA2377–78, AAA3951

Next steps

Other guides in the series which may be useful for researching Captain Cook:

Research guide Q1: Exploration and discovery
Research guide Q2: Polar exploration: Sources of information in the National Maritime Museum

For general research help see:

Research guide A2: Principal records for maritime research at the National Maritime Museum
Research guide A3: Tracing family history from maritime records

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