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This might be an absurd question to ask, but what type of ships were the Erebus and the Terror? I've recently had an interest in Polar Expeditions (particularly the ships themselves). I would look it up myself but I have a phobia of dead/decaying bodies and mummified people, and I am almost certain looking up "Franklin Expedition" would show images of the dead.
Thank you.
Hey there, friend! That's not an absurd question at all, and if you're at all uncomfortable with images of dead people, not searching "Franklin Expedition" online is probably a very wise decision.
HMS Terror and HMS Erebus were both bomb vessels, which in the 19th century Royal Navy meant full-rigged ships (three masts, square-rigged sail plan) made with extremely strong hulls to withstand the recoil of their weaponry—mortars that fired explosive shells, rather than cannons that fired more traditional shot. This type of weaponry was usually used for the bombardment of land-based targets, as in the famous bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, in which Terror participated.
A View Of The Bombardment of Fort McHenry, © Public Domain.
The reinforced hulls that were made to withstand mortar recoil were also able to withstand (at least, to a certain degree) the immense pressure that would come with being icebound, so during the late 18th and early 19th century, bomb vessels were the preferred ships for polar exploration.
Erebus In The Ice, © François-Etienne Musin
Later polar expeditions tended to use whaling ships, like the Nimrod and the Terra Nova, or purpose-built polar exploration vessels, like the Endurance and the Fram. I hope this helps!
#ask#polar exploration#hms terror#hms erebus#franklin expedition#maritime history#royal navy#naval history#war of 1812#bomb vessels#nautical#19th century#the terror amc#definitelynothanna
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shall we renounce
from where we've come
and who we were?
#sleep token#sleep token art#sleep token vessel#sleep token sleep#sleep token him#bygone art#blood#blood tw#the most 'itself' this thing has ever been. the most it ever will be.#held together by vengefulness alone and pretending that it's something more than that#there isn't really vessel in there anymore. nor is there sleep.#it's both and neither. a mortal shell filled with barely controlled anger constantly threatening to burst.#it still tries to make itself a god. but all it's ever been and all it'll ever be is a mockery of both godhood and humanity.#a ticking time bomb of a joke.#i finished this while all of my body was in pain after a concert last night. god help me.#quick addition:#the caption is HEALTH lyrics again. while technically from DEMIGODS this specific case is intended to be the part from DSM-V#what can i say it fits Him quite well#'do unto those that which they did to you' is pretty much the reason why it came to be
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He’s doing Bayonetta poses offscreen on that third panel
Based on this
Commission Info | Buy me a Ko-fi?
#i need to make more grollow art but im afraid all i've drawn lately is too spicy for tumblr#this is allowed bc is a haha funny joke#i remember when these comic redraws were the bomb between tumblr girlies#hollow knight#grimmhollow#grollow#bubba doods#troupe master grimm#grimm#grimm hk#hollow hk#the hollow knight#pure vessel#this is lowkey based on my Lord of Shades Vessel AU where Hollow just ends up as a normal knight
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Your honour, im bawling
I WANT TO DRAW LET ME SIT UP WITHOUT WANTING TO DIE PLEASE
#cecil.fm#18 YEARS OF THIS WRETCHED EXISTENCE AND IT TRULY ONLY GETS WORSE#at least I have martin (rabbit toy) to comfort me :(#I have learned that having any bit of motivation means something bad is going to happen#I am consistently correct.#this simply wouldn't happen if i was not confined to a flesh vessel I think#EVERYTHING HURTS. I LITERALLY JUST WANT TO BE SILLY AND DRAW BLORBOS WHY ME#I CAN'T EVEN GET UP TO EAT THIS IS SO DUMB I HATE IT HERE#I RAN OUT OF PAIN MEDS I CAN ACTUALLY TAKE TOO SO I'M PERMA FUCKED TILL WE GET MORE. WORST TIMELINE.#local core absolutely enraged that he has a physical form. god nerfed me with ovaries because they knew I'd be to powerful otherwise.#hysterectomy not for transitional reasons but instead to regain my stolen power aND KILL GOD I AM ACTIVELY SHARPENING WHATEVER WEAPONS I CAN#hell hath no fury like a transmasc on his cycle. i am a ticking time bomb i think.
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Finally, at level 58, having done every single available thing on the map, Aloy has heard the name "Elisabet Sobeck" for the very first time. And I've still got 4 whole days left! I might actually have some time left over to play more Pacific Drive after getting every steam cheevo before the HFW port comes out!
#horizon series#hzd#horizon zero dawn#frozen wilds was a lot shorter than I remember#and no I'm not changing armor ever sparkworker looks the best#yes this means I took on multiple daemonic fireclaws with no bonuses#if they wanted me to wear good armor they wouldn't have waited until HFW to implement transmog#UH NG+ is going to be a wild ride I can feel it#maybe not as wild as it was on PS4 all those years ago since I know how to play now#but I'm only putting on shieldweaver if I really really have to#just like how I'm only using bows instead of ice bomb + rattler combo when I have to#if guerilla wanted me to use bows they wouldn't have given me so many metal vessels
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"Nullifying the Bomb"
collecting strategy...
#Bomb Scout#cult of the lamb#cotl#cotl au#Shin Vessel#Bumpy#hollow knight#hollow knight oc#new vessel#vessel#little ghost#the new guest
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Its the blasted mud that makes me feel most at home. That and the wind. It sets a chill into my bones that reminds me of home. I have been camped within sight of the ruins and by extension, the Stormgate for a good while now. Perhaps I could charge passed this place, inwards and upwards, or if I am very careful, employ a little stealth. I think that I shan’t though, and my reasons are twofold: regarding stealth, well, it’s not a surprise to anyone that subtitly fails to be my strongest point. I blame the armour, but in this place I daren’t go without it. Mayhap if I went in a storm, but that poses as much a hindrance to my perception as it would the guards.
My second reason is by and large the greater reason: I am here to test my mettle, and if it is so fragile as to be squashed here, then I am not fit to undertake this pilgrimage. I will not delude myself into thinking that every foe that I face I will be able to circle wide around. Some will descend upon me unawares, as that horrid thing which first greeted me in this land did, some will simply be inevitable. And if I have learned but a single lesson, then it is that there is merit in facing a fight which cannot be escaped, rather than trying to forestall it. There are some things which much must come to pass.
So I must challenge these guards who stand in my path. I must overcome them, or I am not fit to move on.
My new companion seems deeply unimpressed by this stubbornness, but perhaps I am simply projecting. The beast which was granted to me by the mysterious lady who also offered to be… a guide to me, in exchange for me to be an escort to her (seems odd that she should need one, given her ability to manifest out of thin air and give any poor soul a fright liable to petrify their own heart, but who am I to question the oddness of this place—sometimes I wonder that it is not some grand dream for it feels as disjointed and ethereal as one sometimes) is perfectly intelligent but cannot communicate with me—
(Here there is a smear of charcoal as the if the writer fumbled terribly, followed by a small, darkish red brown stain)
Blasted winged wretches! They’ll be the bane of me yet. The biggest bats I’ve ever seen, and they like to dive in and try to rip my head from my shoulders. Foul things, they’ll think twice when I take their heads off their shoulders.
But I must rest. I challenge a Knight of no middling skill tomorrow. I wonder that I do not see some exasperation in their stance now, when they see me stand in their path. I suppose I would feel much the same if I were to be incessantly pestered by one with such a propensity for weed-like behaviour. But in their ability with a weapon and their brutality they have much to teach me, and I will take every lesson that I am offered if it hones me into a sharper blade.
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#elden ring#elden ring tarnished#tarnished#tarnished oc#fanfic#fanfic journal style#eldenring gatefront ruins#Willis is failing to acknowledge the mysterious circumstance of their death and constant dying#this is for plot reasons (aka they are eloquent but as about perceptive as a brick)#he really only cares about one thing: a good duel#anyways I’ve been having so much fun with this#willis is the vessel for my own cluelessness as I go exploring and challenging every armed foe I see into a knightly duel#also baby talk the wolves from a distance (can I has doggo 🥹 pls Willis needs a hound)#and yes getting dive bombed by evil evil bats#can’t believe they don’t respect the rules of a chivalric duel#I continue to not know what I’m doing mechanically or canonically#which is par for the course with me#and yet#here I am#writing#happy to chat about whether folks thinks death are mechanical or canon#I wanna hear theories 😆
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A while back I bought this plant for work and named it after Vessel, as a sacrifice in Sleep's name.
After having a little Ves dream last night, I went and cleaned it up and made it look pretty. As thanks.
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oc doodles since I've been Pondering them as I redo their entire stories
#these are the two that comprise my username#solius ocs#i would make tags of their names but their names are always subject to change so I cannot#also they are girls now#nothing else changed except for their pronouns#anyway this is solomon and lucien#Lucien's a member of the cult of unknowing#Solomon's just a normal person trying to live#she accidentally got caught in a cult turf scuffle#and now she's the vessel of the eldritch god the unknowing worships#Lucien is furious about this (she was the one transporting the gods artifact and lost it)#tries to kill solomon twice#then has to go to her for help because the police are after her and the cult considers her compromised#and lucien is completely isolated this was her first year out and about in society bc she spent like 8 years in the compound underground#Solomon is incredibly mentally fucked up because the artifact has a very Explosive and Violent awakening#and there's a detective trying to figure out who bombed the city terminal#my little meow meows#it's been fun rewriting everything#solius art#there's like 20 million more details
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Chainsaw Man x Hollow Knight AU
Aki = Hollow Knight
Power = maybe Hornet?
Denji = Ghost / the Knight
Pochita = Shade Lord
Gun Devil = Radiance
Makima = pale king
All just because a friend showed me a pale king buzz saw man fanart
#hollow knight#chainsaw man#ngl#makima being pk#usuing vessels/denji#to defeat gun devil/radiance#is a big brain move#imo#and power = Hornet for the chaotic sibling vibes#with aki & hollow being the calm silent ones#….angel devil for grimm??#got no ideas for the other devil characters tho#h#bretta the bomb devil#zote the katana Man
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They will attack all intruders With a Type of Corn. dan Evans was right all along and i was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at the second becomes the second, the second son of former president george 🇭
#TEXT#DAY 7#They have displayed Intelligence patterns#and will attack all intruders with a Type of Plasma bomb.. I was only a lime; There was Another vessel before them#toiling and labouring in the howling Storm: her canvas fluttering in ribbons from the mast.
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damien "letting the intrusive thoughts win" kimber
#kimber oc#like “hey what if instead of disarming this bomb i set it off instead”#“i hate my apartment and i hate my neighbours i should rig the gas to blow”#i mean hey ill hand it to naviel they wanted a vessel that would help them overcome their reticence to destroy and boy did they get one
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With the sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, many of the former empire's resources were sold off to the highest bidder, and their $14 billion space shuttle program was no exception.
Seeking to recoup some of that eyewatering spend, in 1998, the "Buran" (Russia's answer to the American Space Shuttle) was offered up for sale on eBay for $10 million.
No serious offers were received - with most people assuming the listing to be a joke, until the New York Post confirmed the sale, with Russian authorities stating they "actually have two" if anyone is interested.
(Pictured: A later auction of a smaller scale Buran in 2005)
Sensing an opportunity, a group of Aussie entrepreneurs including Australia's first astronaut and the lawyer for Prime Minister Paul Keating offer to lease the shuttle from Russia, to put it on display in Australia during the Sydney Olympics.
After gaining permission from the Kremlin for the lease, in 1999 the Russian military briefly stops bombing Chechnya in order to dismantle the Buran, and it is placed on a barge to be shipped to Sydney on the (soon to be infamous for other reasons) Tampa shipping vessel at a cost of $5 million.
Once in Sydney, after a disastrous few months on display where crowds failed to flock to the shuttle exhibition featuring such compelling educational offerings as "activities is to assist in the development of issues of nutrition and hygiene at home" (an actual quote from their website) - the leasing company declared bankruptcy and washed their hands of the space shuttle completely.
The Buran Gift shop where you could buy soviet space ship themed football jerseys, in case you needed one of those
One of four people listed on the lease, described as a business partner of the Prime Minister, also claims he never knew he was a director of the company, which went on to cause a lot more problems.
This whole debacle presented a slight issue for the cash strapped Russian authorities, who had now only been paid $100,000 for the 9 year lease of the shuttle instead of the $600,000 they were owed. Eventually the decision was made to abandon the once $1 billion Soviet pride and joy in a Sydney carpark, where it resided for a year under a small tarpaulin.
Failed attempts to be rid of the shuttle included a 12 day auction hosted by an LA radio station, where listeners were offered the chance to buy the shuttle for $6 million, however all bids turned out to be pranks and the shuttle remained.
Multiple attempts were also made to sell the shuttle to Tom Cruise, with the exacerbated movie star's representatives repeatedly telling the insistent traders that he was not interested in owning a Russian spaceship.
Eventually a Singaporean group dismantled the shuttle and shipped it overseas, however Russian authorities soon reported they once again had been failed to be paid for the lease. Singaporean representatives responded that they definitely had paid for the shuttle, and that they simply couldn't remember when or how much was paid.
Representing the Russian government, Lawyer Suhaila Turani told the Wall Street Journal “I feel sorry for the Russians. They’re good in space, but they’re very naive in business.”
For a time the shuttle was abandoned in the storage yard of event company Pico, with the company owner telling the Wall Street Journal "I just want this thing out of my life" after three years of being stuck with it.
A few years later the shuttle was found by German journalists dismantled in a junkyard, and it was then bought and shipped to Germany to be put on display a museum, so all's well that ends well (except they dropped it from a crane while trying to set it up, but it polished up okay).
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Two of the world's biggest shipping firms have suspended all journeys through the Red Sea following a surge of recent attacks on vessels.
Danish giant Maersk said it would "pause" all container shipments until further notice after a near-miss involving its Maersk Gibraltar ship on Thursday.
Meanwhile, German firm Hapag-Lloyd said it was also halting sailings until at least Monday after one of its ships was targeted on Friday. A spokesperson added: "Then we will decide for the period thereafter."
It comes following a string of attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Bab al Mandeb Strait, at the southern end of the Red Sea.
The group has vowed to target vessels which it believes are heading to and from Israel, in an attempt to put pressure on the country to stop bombing the Gaza Strip amid its war with Hamas.
. . . continues at Sky News, Des 15 2023.
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i’m bad at subnauticaaaaaa help meeeeee
#it’s hard to make it very far it just feels like a never ending series of Tasks#but i bought it so I have to make it further#i found the alien tower and did some stuff there but also i suck at managing my breath sometimes#i’ve found some extra data pads and recipes from sunken vessels#but a proposed habitat i wanna check out is swarming with creatures#I guess i should try out the grav bomb
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Key Developments
Israel deploys 15,000 soldiers and military police in West Bank and Jerusalem ahead of Ramadan, including 5,000 reservists, 24 battalions, 20 Border Police companies, and two special forces units.
Hamas’s Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson rules out any breakthrough in ceasefire talks, and describes Israel’s position as “deceptive.”
Abu Obaida warns that Israel’s campaign of starvation against Palestinians in Gaza is affecting Israeli captives, some of whom “suffer from hunger, malnutrition and dehydration.”
Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades announces names of four out of seven Israeli captives who died “due to the aggressive Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip.”
25 Palestinian children have died of malnutrition and dehydration since March. The total death toll in Gaza surpasses 31,000 people, 72 percent of whom are women and children.
Gaza City municipality says Israel destroyed a one-million-meter square of roads in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza City municipality needs heavy vehicles and fuel supplies to clean rubble and nearly 70,000 tons of rubbish.
Rescue teams transfer 37 bodies of Palestinian martyrs and 118 injured people to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah overnight.
U.S. to send army vessel to Eastern Mediterranean to deliver aid and supplies to Gaza.
Wafa reports that Israeli bombing of tents of displaced Palestinians killed 15 people in Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.
Spain is considering recognizing a Palestinian state by 2027, according to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
#israel#gaza strip#gazaunderattack#israel is a terrorist state#free gaza#genocide#gaza#free palestine#palestine#jerusalem#news#palestine new#rafah#israeli occupation#west bank#fuck israel#yemen#lebanon#tel aviv#spain#2027#hamas#israeli apartheid#boycott israel#this is genocide#stop genocide#cultural genocide#end the genocide#al aqsa storm#free al aqsa
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