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What was the name of the other ship in the Franklin Expedition?

  • HMS Erebus

  • HMS Victory

  • HMS Beagle

  • HMS Bounty

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HMS Erebus was the other ship that accompanied HMS Terror on the Franklin Expedition. Led by Sir John Franklin, the expedition set out in 1845 to find the Northwest Passage, a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Both ships and their crew of 129 men were lost, and the expedition ended in tragedy.
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