Yes it did. But no-one has gathered enough evidence to figure out the real reason for its failure.
HMS Terror and HMS Erebus.
he failed em all
The Franklin Expedition set sail from England, on the 19th May 1845. As they carried supplies for three years, alarm bells did not start to ring until 1847. In spring 1848 search parties were sent out. More ships and lives were lost in the search for Franklins expedition than the the original crew of 129 men aboard the Erebus and Terror.
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He was knighted by George IV on April 29th 1829, after his second Arctic expedition.
HMS Erebus
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John White. A+ ;D
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Captain Sir John Franklin led the south wax expedition in early 19 century