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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D8760/F/LIB/10/2/25
Former ReferenceD3311/95
TitleNewspaper cutting from "The Daily Express", on the possible finding of one of the ships on the Franklin expedition
Date14 Apr 1965
DescriptionReport by staff reporter from Ottawa, Canada, of two Canadian naval officers, D.J.Kidd and B.F. Ackerman, finding, with the use of a magnetometer, a mass of metal which could have come from one of the ships, off O'Reilly Island near King William Island [believed to be unlikely, possibly a faulty reading of data from 1960s equipment, from visionsnorth.blog].
Cutting now in 2 pieces [as of 29/1/2019]
Extent1 item (2 pieces)
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorGell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
FormatPrinted
TermFranklin Expedition (1845)
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