Author Topic: BSC2020 FinnN HMS Terror (Read 2448 times)

FinnN · « **on:** December 29, 2019, 09:52:59 PM »

I'm going to attempt a HMS Terror locked in the ice and dilapidated by the survivors trying to keep warm and relentless Sasquatch attacks!

AKULA · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2019, 09:56:26 PM »

Great idea...it sounds like a whole game in itself

Burnin Coal · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:12:56 PM »

Awesome idea...shall follow with interest

Blackwolf · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:16:40 PM »

Brilliant!

Donkeymilkman · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2019, 10:17:02 PM »

Oh I watched a documentary on this once , on channel four I believe, didn't they find the boat based on the oral history of Inuit tribes?

Codsticker · « **Reply #5 on:** December 30, 2019, 06:47:33 AM »

Quote from: Donkeymilkman on December 29, 2019, 10:17:02 PM

Oh I watched a documentary on this once , on channel four I believe, didn't they find the boat based on the oral history of Inuit tribes?

Tis true. After ignoring Inuit stories for decades, they found after finally listening to hunter who had seen the mast sticking out of the ice at one time. It took them less than 3 hours of searching the location.

Vanvlak · « **Reply #6 on:** December 30, 2019, 07:32:00 AM »

That would be so cool - in more ways than one

Plynkes · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2019, 07:54:07 AM »

Aha, I've been reading Michael Palin's book "Erebus" about (surprisingly enough) HMS Erebus, which was the other ship on the ill-fated Franklin expedition. So I'm looking forward to seeing how this goes.

ichwillauch · « **Reply #8 on:** December 30, 2019, 10:08:31 AM »

Wow! this is a great idea!

Hammers · « **Reply #9 on:** January 02, 2020, 08:57:09 PM »

Holy shit... Yet a crazy ambitious idea. Best of luck!

FinnN · « **Reply #10 on:** January 02, 2020, 10:48:29 PM »

Looks like I’ve set myself a high bar - fingers crossed I manage to give birth to something worthy of the subject!

I’ve just got back from the frozen wastes of Canada over Christmas so I’m still only at the starting to collect references stage. It seems there’s a well known blog http://buildingterror.blogspot.com/ which I’ll get at least some inspiration from. I also have a couple of books on the way.

My first challenge is getting a hull done - and I’m very keen that it has at least a bit of an accessible interior. I might try a 3d printed shell (in sections) with a more traditional interior, but we’ll see...

Hammers · « **Reply #11 on:** January 03, 2020, 09:33:49 AM »

I took a look at the ship technical drawings. The hull is incredibly thick!

FierceKitty · « **Reply #12 on:** January 03, 2020, 09:59:06 AM »

A ship which could be dilapidated would be unlikely to float in the first place.

tomrommel1 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 07, 2020, 06:32:39 AM »

good luck

Emir of Askaristan · « **Reply #14 on:** January 07, 2020, 07:36:35 AM »

John Rae sussed what had happened to both ships and their crews after searching for them in the 1850's and hearing directly from Inuit about survivors. His findings when published were given such harsh treatment by Mrs Franklin, via Charles Dickens that Rae never got the recognition he deserved either as an explorer or for finding the fate of the expedition.

Worth reading Fatal Passage by Ken McGoogan, if only for general background about Rae's search and the land and environment.

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.

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