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Wreck of the HMS Breadalbane National Historic Site of Canada

Wreck of the HMS Breadalbane National Historic Site of Canada

Resolute, Nunavut

Wreck of the HMS Breadalbane National Historic Site of Canada is located off Beechey Island, Nunavut well above the Arctic Circle and is the most northerly known shipwreck. The site is comprised of the wreckage of the HMS Breadalbane, a 19th-century, 500-ton sailing ship, including the hull, fragments of the vessel and the debris field caused by the sinking of the ship. The shipwreck is also a component of Beechey Island Sites National Historic Site of Canada. The designation refers to the shipwreck itself and the debris field that surrounds it.

Photo Credit: Illustrated London News republished at Rhode Island College's overview entitled Franklin in the Public Eye: 1818-1859

Text Credit: Content from Historic Places.

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Wreck of the HMS Breadalbane National Historic Site of Canada

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True or False. The HMS Breadalbane spent the first few years of its existence as a merchant vessel, during which it travelled as far as Calcutta.

False True

Wreck of the HMS Breadalbane National Historic Site of Canada is located off Beechey Island, Nunavut well above the Arctic Circle and is the most northerly known shipwreck. The site is comprised of the wreckage of the HMS Breadalbane, a 19th-century, 500-ton sailing ship, including the hull, fragments of the vessel and the debris field caused by the sinking of the ship. The shipwreck is also a component of Beechey Island Sites National Historic Site of Canada. The designation refers to the shipwreck itself and the debris field that surrounds it.

Resolute, Nunavut
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Photo: Illustrated London News republished at Rhode Island College's overview entitled Franklin in the Public Eye: 1818-1859

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