HMS Terror. The Design, Fitting and Voyages of a Polar Discovery Ship

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For more than twenty-seven hours between 13 and 14 September 1814, HMS Terror and a small fleet of Royal Navy vessels hurled more than 1,500 mortar shells at Fort McHenry, near Baltimore in the state of Maryland in America. The bombardment was so dramatic that it inspired Francis Scott Key to write a lyric poem that would eventually become the American national anthem. When Americans sing the ‘Star- Spangled Banner’, they are, in part, serenading the history of Terror, whose ‘bombs bursting in air’ illuminated the fort’s American flag during the shelling. For most Royal Navy bomb ships, vessels designed to bombard shore targets with exploding shells, to be involved in such a historically significant action would represent an exceptional achievement. For Terror, it was a mere footnote in her remarkable career, and Key’s lyric is just one of many verses and ballads written about her exploits.

Содержание
Maps
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part One the History of HMS Terror, 1812-1848
Chapter 1 His Majesty’s Bomb Ship Terror, 1813-1828
Chapter 2 From Warship to Exploration Vessel, 1835-1837
Chapter 3 Terror’s Greatest Achievement: The Ross Antarctic Expedition, 1839-1843
Chapter 4 Terror’s Final Voyage: Franklin’s Northwest Passage Expedition, 1845-1848
Part Two the Design and Fitting of HMS Terror, 1835-1845
Chapter 5 Historical Notes on Terror’s Design and Construction
Chapter 6 The Plans
Part Three Building HMS Terror
Chapter 7 Modelling HMS Terror
Chapter 8 Building HMS Terror for Television
Epilogue The Discovery Vessel Herself Discovered
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index