![]() Due to being tables, some text has been turned into footnotes.A ‘two months advance’ not being changed to 3/6 months in the header, may be an error of the person who filled in the muster and not reflect the values given. This includes the (non-)changes of table headers. Archaic spelling and/or mistakes have been kept in.Ditto marks (〃) have been kept in where there doesn’t seem to a value foregoing them and/or the mark may mean something different.Initials are occasionally exempted if the name can’t be found. Abbreviations for names have been resolved wherever possible.This means a few of the later columns, especially with relation to victualling and muster dates, are removed in current publications (they are rarely filled in/filled in consistently). Due to table variations, headings and columns have been simplified to a degree.They have been transcribed and cleaned up for posting, meaning that they are not exact transcriptions from the primary sources. They also provide a way to start digging into a sailor’s life, often giving their previous ship, their next ship (where possible), their age and their place of birth or residence.Īll currently published muster books are part of the public domain and can be found at the English National Archives in Kew, London, under archive code ADM 37 (“Admiralty: Ships’ Musters (Series III)”).Īll muster books published here will be of ships that were part of polar expeditions. While less descriptive than Description Books, they are far more common and still provide a lot of information about a person. Muster Books are one of the key documents when researching the crew of a ship. HIGHLY RECOMMENDEDĮrebus: The Story of a Ship by Michael Palin was published by Hutchinson Books and was published on 20 th September 2018 and is available through Waterstones, Amazon and through your local independent bookshop.Helpful British Narratives Heroic Age Narratives Blogs & Websites Close menu Muster Books Contained within the book are colour and black and white photographs which are incredible all by themselves and just add to the detail. Anyone who has read any of Michael Palin’s previous books will already know of his writing style which make this book such an incredible read and for me I have learnt so much of both the ships and crew. The characters of the crews not to mention Sir John Franklin himself. What followed was dramatic search effort to find the crew and ships and Palin writes with incredible detail after so much research. The stories of the fate of the men of both ships and how they tried to survive the Arctic conditions as the dragged lifeboats packed with supplies over the ice. This is really where the story really begins as the crews of both ships knew they were trapped in the ice and the only hope of survival was to abandon Erebus and Terror. On the ill-fated expatiation Erebus was accompanied by HMS Terror and the two ships under the Captaincy of Sir John Franklin set off on the disastrous expedition and were last seen in Baffin Bay in August 1845. HMS Erebus and Terror trapped in the ice. After two years’ service it was converted as an exploration ship. ![]() She was small in size (104ft) compared to other warships of the time. This is where Palin starts and then winds the clock back as he tells of the birth of HMS Erebus as a ‘Bomb Ship’. The freezing waters and lack of Oxygen have preserved the ship so well. The last resting place of HMS Erebus was finally discovered in 2014 and the photographs of Erebus on the Arctic seabed are just incredible. Erebus: A Story of a Ship is the story of HMS Erebus from its launch in 1826 as a warship to its disappearance in 1845. Michael Palin is well known for his travelling and writing but when I heard that he had released a book on the ill-fated Arctic exploration to find the North West Passage and the famous ship HMS Erebus I was incredibly excited as I have followed this story for many years. I love the sea and stories of the ships that have explored the seas. ![]() Erebus: The Story of a Ship – Michael Palin
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