HMS Terror in Rathmullan

Durnish

The Franklin ship, HMS Terror, discovered in the Arctic this week , has had an interesting history. On on earlier Arctic voyage she was badly damaged by crushing ice and had to limp back across the Atlantic, tied together by her anchor chain wrapped around three times. She landed at Knockala and then was beached on the battery beach at Rathmullan. A shipwright came from Chatham and repaired her enough to allow her to return to the naval dockyard for further work. The captain, George Beck, was so grateful to all the Local people who had helped nurse the ship and her crew back into serviceable condition that he held a ball for them in Rathmullan. It was on the revenue cutter, Whickham. HMS Terror was beached on the same shore from which the Earls departed, centuries earlier.

joe40

Thank god for that. From the title I thought it was a terrorist attack in rathmullan.

Durnish

Well, she was one of the bomb vessels which inspired The Star Spangled Banner.

Technique

I read the story of the discovery of the wreck a few days ago. Interesting to hear of the Donegal connection.

kathleen37

I never knew the Donegal connection either. Thank you for posting!

endacl

Durnish

I love the Sinead O'Connor version. It's my fave. And then, of course, Bob Dylan turned the song and theme into Bob Dylan's Dream.